1   Be gracious to me, O God, for people trample on me;            all day long foes oppress me;  2   my enemies trample on me all day long,            for many fight against me.       O Most High, 3 when I am afraid,            I put my trust in you.  4   In God, whose word I praise,            in God I trust; I am not…

Gospel Reading Matthew 11:7-15 7As they went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind? 8What then did you go out to see? Someone dressed in soft robes? Look, those who wear soft robes are in royal…

12Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead? 13If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised; 14and if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation has been in vain and your faith has been in…

1Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign; he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 2He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done. 3Indeed, Jerusalem and Judah so angered the LORD that he expelled them from his presence….

“We must learn to regard people less in light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.”

“Love is like infinity: You can’t have more or less infinity, and you can’t compare two things to see if they’re “equally infinite.” Infinity just is, and that’s the way I think love is, too.”

1   Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD.  2       Lord, hear my voice!       Let your ears be attentive            to the voice of my supplications! 3   If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities,            Lord, who could stand?  4   But there is forgiveness with you,            so that you may be revered. 5   I wait for the LORD, my soul…

1Now when Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and proclaim his message in their cities. 2When John heard in prison what the Messiah was doing, he sent word by his disciples 3and said to him, “Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait…

1Now I would remind you, brothers and sisters, of the good news that I proclaimed to you, which you in turn received, in which also you stand, 2through which also you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message that I proclaimed to you — unless you have come to believe in vain. 3For…

14“King Zedekiah sent for the prophet Jeremiah and received him at the third entrance of the temple of the LORD. The king said to Jeremiah, “I have something to ask you; do not hide anything from me.” 15Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “If I tell you, you will put me to death, will you not? And if…