Lament for January 6, 2021
A prayer of lament for the events at the Capitol this week
Psalm 41
“happy are those who consider the poor”
Psalm 36
“with you is the fountain of life”
Psalm 35
“let them be like chaff before the wind”
Matthew 26
“what she has done will be told in remembrance of her”
Matthew 27
“they came upon a man from Cyrene named Simon; they compelled this man to carry his cross”
Matthew 28
“he has been raised from the dead”
Psalm 34
“the Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit”
Matthew 24
“he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call”
Matthew 15
“they saw the mute speaking, the maimed whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing”