A QUOTE, A TEXT AND A PRAYER…OR TWO
A QUOTE
No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he had only had good intentions.
– Margaret Thatcher
A TEXT
When he came to Nazareth, where he had been
brought up, he went to the synagogue on the
sabbath day, as was his custom. He stood up to
read, and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given
to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place
where it was written:
‘The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to bring good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives
and recovery of sight to the blind,
to let the oppressed go free,
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour.’
And he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the
attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all in the
synagogue were fixed on him. Then he began to say
to them, ‘Today this scripture has been fulfilled in
your hearing.’
Luke 4: 16–21
AND A PRAYER…OR TWO
Shepherd of Israel, hear our prayer as your Son heard the plea of the criminal crucified with him. Gather into Christ’s holy reign the broken, the sorrowing, and the sinner, that all may know wholeness, joy, and forgiveness. Amen.