[From Aug. 21, 2018 archive]
When we think we have lost everything,
that we have nothing left,
remind us, dear God, of the child's lunch
with which you fed a multitude.
Gracious God, put gladness in our hearts,
gladness that silver cannot buy.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 15; 147:1-11; 48; 4
Judg. 18:16-31
Acts 8:14-25
John 6:1-15
Selected Verses
Ps. 4:7
You have put gladness in my heart
more than when their grain and wine abound.
Judges 18:24a
[Micah] replied [to the Danites, “You take my gods that I made, and the priest, and go away, and what have I left? …”
Acts 8:20
But Peter said to [Simon], “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain God's gift with money! …”
John 6:8-9
One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to [Jesus], “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish. But what are they among so many people?”
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