Irreverently Reverend

  Christ the King Sunday I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, and for this reason  16  I do not cease to give thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers,  17  that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know him,  18  so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may perceive what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance among the saints,  19  and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power for us who believe, according to the working of his great power.  20  God put this power to work in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places,  21  far above all rule and authority and power and dominion and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the age to come ....

 Advent I O that you would tear open the heavens and come down,     so that the mountains would quake at your presence— 2   as when fire kindles brushwood     and the fire causes water to boil— to make your name known to your adversaries,     so that the nations might tremble at your presence! 3  When you did awesome deeds that we did not expect,     you came down, the mountains quaked at your presence. 4  From ages past no one has heard,     no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you,     who works for those who wait for him. 5  You meet those who gladly do right,     those who remember you in your ways. But you were angry, and we sinned;     because you hid yourself we transgressed. 6  We have all become like one who is unclean,     and all o...