A Universal Trajectory

Reflecting on the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Two Days after Sunday (Year B)

Scripture

Semi-continuous: Psalm 140; Esther 5:1-14; 1 John 2:18-25

Complementary: Psalm 5; Zechariah 8:18-23; 1 John 2:18-25

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Prayer

Grant us, Lord, not to be anxious about earthly things, but to love things heavenly; and even now, while we are placed among things that are passing away, to hold fast to those that shall endure; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. (Book of Common Prayer)

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Reflection

The word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying: “Thus says the Lord of hosts: The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth shall be seasons of joy and gladness and cheerful festivals for the house of Judah; therefore love truth and peace.”

“Thus says the Lord of hosts: Peoples shall yet come, the inhabitants of many cities; the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, ‘Come, let us go to entreat the favor of the Lord and to seek the Lord of hosts; I myself am going.’ Many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem and to entreat the favor of the Lord. Thus says the Lord of hosts: In those days ten men from nations of every language shall take hold of a Jew, grasping his garment and saying, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you’” (Zechariah 8:18-23).

All throughout the Bible, there is a universal perspective. God has it in mind to save the world right from the beginning in Genesis.