[From Aug. 13, 2012 archive]
How can we understand heavenly things
if we do not share your concern for earthly things?
Give us courage to take our lives in our hands, and
open the doors of our self-made prisons--free us
to give justice to the weak and the orphan,
to maintain the right of the lowly and
destitute, and to rescue the needy
from the hand of the wicked.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 5; 145; 82; 29
Judg. 12:1-7
Acts 5:12-26
John 3:1-21
Selected Verses
Ps. 82:3-4
“… Give justice to the weak and the orphan;
maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute.
Rescue the weak and the needy;
deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”
[God, to the divine council]
Judg. 12:3
“…When I saw that you would not deliver me, I took my life in my hand, and crossed over against the Ammonites, and the LORD gave them into my hand. …” [Jephthah to the men of Ephraim]
Acts 5:19-20
But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors, brought [the apostles] out, and said, “Go, stand in the temple and tell the people the whole message about this life.”
John 3:12
“…If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? …” [Jesus, to Nicodemus]
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