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Lectionary Thoughts for Proper 12
This, very mixed, collection of ideas are the result of looking at the Lectionary readings and noting the thoughts that 'popped' into my mind. I have, very deliberately, not tried to 'polish' them in any way, mainly because I lack the finesse necessary.
Year A
Proper 12 A
1 Kings 3: 5 - 11
How can we know
The right thing to do
Unless we hear
Lord, your Word.
Clearing our minds from all their sin
Pouring your love and wisdom in
Lord God, our hope in you we sing
Wisest Lord.
How can we know
The right way to go
Unless we follow,
Lord, your word?
Following Christ along the way
That he leads us each every day,
Hearing the words he has to say;
Guiding lord.
How can we do
The wise thing for you
Unless we all grow
Through your Word?
By reading it we each can see
How you in Christ have set us free
Your love for us on Calvary,
Saving Lord.
With apologies and acknowledgement to Patrick Appleford.
Proper 12A
The Wisdom of God
Is mighty to save
In Jesus our Lord
Salvation we have.
Instruction from old time
Shows us what we need
To make real in our lives
The Christian's deed.
The Wisdom of god
Guides us on our way;
By following Christ
In our lives each day.
Our Saviour has shown us
The Way we must go,
And helps each one daily
To be and to do.
The wisdom of God
Rules throughout the world.
The universe knows
The force of his Word.
God's love for creation
Brought Christ to this earth
God's witness to each one
That he knows our worth!
With acknowledgement to Bryn Rees.
Proper 12A
Romans 8: 26 - 39
God supports us in our troubles
He is with us day by day.
God's own Spirit is our helper
Guiding us along our way.
Hallelujah
Let that Spirit have it's say.
God in Jesus is our Saviour,
For in Christ he knows our need.
God in Jesus has lived with us
And our life has been his deed!
Hallelujah
We, through Christ are Abraham's seed.
God our Father will not jilt us
And we know his saving power.
God in Christ yet still supports us,
He is with us hour by hour.
Hallelujah
God's love with us evermore.
Proper 12A
Matthew 13: 31 - 33, 44 - 52
Out of the smallest things have grown
The marvels of the universe.
The quark and the electron form
The very stuff of which we're made.
This is God's hidden will for all
His rich design and beauty's way.
The molecules of solid stuff
Make up the substance of our mind.
How to explain this mystery
Is more than human thought can find
This is God's hidden will for all
His rich design and beauty's way.
From single deeds come great results
Christ's love for us reveals this truth;
His action dying on the cross
Frees human kind from all its sin.
This is God's hidden will for all
His rich design and beauty's way.
The resurrection's mighty act
Has given hope if we believe;
There's more to life that mortal breath
For we can go where Christ is gone!
This is God's hidden will for all
His rich design and beauty's way.
The whole creation is God's work
We know him through his Fatherhood
In Christ we have our own dear friend;
The Holy Spirit lightens us.
This is God's will revealed for all,
His rich design and beauty's way.