[From Jan. 8, 2016 archive]
Are you among us or not, God--that is our question.
You have sent us your answer, and his name
is Jesus, and in him all your fullness
was pleased to dwell. And to all
who are thirsty he issued
an invitation to come,
to come and drink.
In Jesus you are
present with us, O God;
as you turned the rock into water,
turn our thirsty, quarreling hearts to him.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 47; 149; 27; 114
Exod. 17:1-7
Col. 1:15-23
John 7:37-52
Selected Verses
Ps. 114:7-8
Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the LORD,
at the presence of the God of Jacob,
who turns the rock into a pool of water,
the flint into a spring of water.
Exod. 17:7
[Moses] called the place Massah and Meribah, because the Israelites quarreled and tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”
Col. 1:19
For in [his Son] all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell…
John 7:37-38a
On the last day of the festival, the great day, while Jesus was standing there, he cried out, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me, and let the one who believes in me drink. …”
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