After Psalm 107
What is this steadfast
love, for which we are
to give thanks? It is
a love of redemption,
redemption from trouble.
What is this redemption,
for which we are to give
thanks? It is a redemption
from trouble, from sin,
the sin we bring upon
ourselves and others.
Who are the redeemed?
They are the ones gathered
together from the lands,
gathered from the east
and the west, gathered
from the north and south.
They come from desert wastes.
They come from darkness
and from death. They come
from foolishness and sinful
ways.
Some went down to the sea
in ships, rescued from storm.
Some were oppressed.
Some were afflicted.
All were hungry.
All were thirsty.
Give thanks to the Lord.
Photograph by Josh Eckstein via Unsplash. Used with permission.
Some Sunday Readings
The Mystical Prayer of the Early Christians – David Torkington at The Imaginative Conservative.
The Woman Who Saved Capitol Hill Baptist Church – Caleb Morrell at Crossway.
Mary and Eve – poem by Michael Stalcup at Rabbit Room Poetry.
Finding Christ in Isolation: A Sonnet for St. Julian of Norwich – Malcolm Guite.
How faith built the best of our nation (Britain) – book review by Esme Partridge at The Critic Magazine.
