Friday, May 31st | Mark 2:23-28

Passage:
23 On the Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and his disciples began to make their way, picking some heads of grain. 24 The Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”

25 He said to them, “Have you never read what David and those who were with him did when he was in need and hungry— 26 how he entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest and ate the bread of the Presence—which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests—and also gave some to his companions?” 27 Then he told them, “The Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath. 28 So then, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
(Mark 2:23-28 CSB)

Song:
Open Hands by Paul Zach, Kate Bluett, Isaac Wardell, and Nick Chambers

Lyrics:
The earth you made and blest in days,
your spirit breathing into clay:
Lord, I receive with open hands
The breath that fails, the light that fades
while earth and heaven pass away,
I let them go with open hands.

In desert days a feast you spread
and with your manna I am fed,
Lord, I receive with open hands.
And when another needs this bread,
They ask as Christ, who broke and blessed
I let it go with open hands.

The work that waits for me today,
the joys and sorrows on the way,
Lord, I receive with open hands.
And just as earth you freely gave,
so any goodness I have made
I let it go with open hands.

Abbreviated Passage:
“27 Then he told them, “The Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath. 28 So then, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”

Prayer:
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.