Crowned Hope in Jesus
Preparing for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost: Three Days before Sunday (Year B)
Scripture
Semi-continuous: Psalm 20; 1 Samuel 9:15-27; Hebrews 2:5-9
Complementary: Psalm 92:1-4, 12-15; Genesis 3:14-24; Hebrews 2:5-9
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Prayer
O God our ruler and shepherd, you anointed Jesus as the king and servant of your people. Make us attentive to your word, that we may accept your reign over us and serve you alone. Amen. (Revised Common Lectionary)
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Reflection
Now God did not subject the coming world, about which we are speaking, to angels. But someone has testified somewhere,
“What are humans that you are mindful of them
or mortals that you care for them?
You have made them for a little while lower than the angels;
you have crowned them with glory and honor,
subjecting all things under their feet,”
Now in subjecting all things to them, God left nothing outside their control. As it is, we do not yet see everything in subjection to them, but we do see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone (Hebrews 2:5-9).
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