Faithfulness in Exile: Explanatory Notes on Daniel 1:1-21

Reflecting on Trinity Sunday: Three Days after Sunday (Year C)

Scripture

Psalm 124; Daniel 1:1-21; Luke 1:46b-55

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Prayer

Holy God, you spoke the world into being. Pour your Spirit to the ends of the earth, that your children may return from exile as citizens of your commonwealth, and our divisions may be healed by your word of love and righteousness. Amen. (Revised Common Lectionary)

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Reflection

Daniel 1:1-21

Daniel 1 begins the story of Daniel and his companions taken into Babylonian exile and their faithful resistance to assimilation.