The Dominion of Life--June 24, 2022

[From June 26, 2020 archive]

 

Lord God Almighty, 

have mercy on us.

 

Many are the ways

you show us your holiness. 

 

We praise you, 

for we are fearfully 

and wonderfully made—

that we know very well. 

 

And we know we shall die, 

but death shall have

no dominion over us.

 

For in an abundance of grace

you have given us 

our Lord Jesus Christ;

through him we shall exercise

the dominion of life.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 130; 148; 32; 139

Numb. 20:1-13

Rom. 5:12-21

Matt. 20:29-34

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 139:14

 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
          Wonderful are your works;
that I know very well.

 

Num. 20:13

These are the waters of Meribah, where the people of Israel quarreled with the LORD, and by which he showed his holiness.

 

Rom. 5:17

If, because of the one man's trespass, death exercised dominion through that one, much more surely will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness exercise dominion in life through the one man, Jesus Christ.

 

Matt. 20:31

The crowd sternly ordered [the two blind men] to be quiet; but they shouted even more loudly, “Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David!”