[From Oct. 23, 2013 archive]
There is suffering, real suffering in this world—
suffering so severe it is beyond comparing,
suffering as wide and as vast as the sea.
How could we even begin to relieve it?
Jesus did not refuse to heal one person
because he was unable to heal everyone.
If we work in you, we do not labor in vain;
midst all of the misery your love surrounds us.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 65; 147:1-11; 125; 91
Lam. 2:8-15
1 Cor. 15:51-58
Matt. 12:1-14
Selected Verses
Ps. 125:2
As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
so the LORD surrounds his people,
from this time on and forevermore.
Lam. 2:13
What can I say for you, to what compare you,
O daughter Jerusalem?
To what can I liken you, that I may comfort you,
O virgin daughter Zion?
For vast as the sea is your ruin;
who can heal you?
1 Cor. 15:58
Therefore, my beloved, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
Matt. 12:12
“…How much more valuable is a human being than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the sabbath.” [Jesus, to those who criticized his healing on the sabbath]
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