Monday May 10 Easter 6
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Psalm 80
After rescuing us from slavery in Egypt, God had planted us in new ground like a well-watered vine, and we grew and filled the whole land. But now we are being attacked by a foreign power and God’s vine is being uprooted. God, rescue us so that we may be a healthy vine again.
Deuteronomy 8: 1-10 What’s Deuteronomy about?
Moses is reminding the people of the wonderful land they are about to enter and how God has always cared for them.
Luke 9: 18-27 What’s Luke about?
Jesus asks who his disciples think he is. Peter says he is the Messiah—the person who will rescue them from the Romans. But Jesus says that in order to rescue them he will have to die. Everyone who follows Jesus must learn to die to their self-centredness so they can live fully. Luke has omitted Mark’s story of Peter criticizing Jesus for insisting that he must die—perhaps Luke cannot imagine that Peter would have been so opposed to the whole point of Jesus’ life.
This week’s collect:
Merciful God,
you have prepared for those who love you
riches beyond imagination.
Pour into our hearts such love toward you,
that we, loving you above all things,
may obtain your promises,
which exceed all that we can desire;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. Amen.
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