Plucked from the Net--July 9, 2021

[From July 10, 2009 archive]

 

Lord, you have plucked our feet from the net.

Keep our eyes turned to you, but also turned

 

to our brothers and sisters, to see how they fare;

for when we see you, we see them more clearly.

 

You have prepared the way for us; 

help us prepare the way for others.

 

Open our hearts, and open their 

hearts to your Holy Spirit.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 84; 148; 25; 40

1 Sam. 17:17-30

Acts 10:34-48

Mark 1:1-13

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 25:15

My eyes are ever towards the LORD,

            for he will pluck my feet out of the net.

 

1 Sam. 17:18b

“…See how your brothers fare, and bring some token from them.”  [Jesse to his son David]

 

Acts 10:47

“Can anyone withhold the water for baptizing these people who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?”  [Peter, presumably addressing mainly the believers who had come with him from Joppa, but in the presence also of Cornelius and his friends and family]

 

Mark 1:2-3

As it is written in the prophet Isaiah,

“See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you,

            who will prepare your way;

the voice of one crying in the wilderness:

            ‘Prepare the way of the Lord,

            make his paths straight,’ ”