Irreverently Reverend

  Fourth Sunday of Lent How blessed are those whose offense is forgiven, those whose sin is covered! 2  How blessed those to whom Adonai imputes no guilt, in whose spirit is no deceit! 3  When I kept silent, my bones wasted away because of my groaning all day long; 4  day and night your hand was heavy on me; the sap in me dried up as in a summer drought. (Selah) 5  When I acknowledged my sin to you, when I stopped concealing my guilt, and said, “I will confess my offenses to Adonai”; then you, you forgave the guilt of my sin . (Selah) 6  This is what everyone faithful should pray at a time when you can be found. Then, when the floodwaters are raging, they will not reach to him. 7  You are a hiding-place for me, you will keep me from distress; you will surround me with songs of deliverance. (Selah) 8  “I will instruct and teach you in this way that you are to go; I will give you counsel; my ...

  Ordinary Time Then Job answered and said: 2  “Today also my complaint is bitter;     my hand is heavy on account of my groaning. 3  Oh, that I knew where I might find him,     that I might come even to his seat! 4  I would lay my case before him     and fill my mouth with arguments. 5  I would know what he would answer me     and understand what he would say to me. 6  Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power?     No; he would pay attention to me. 7  There an upright man could argue with him,     and I would be acquitted forever by my judge. 8  “Behold, I go forward, but he is not there,     and backward, but I do not perceive him; 9  on the left hand when he is working, I do not behold him;     he turns to the right h...

  Ord inary Time There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.    Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them to present himself before the Lord.  2  And the Lord said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.”  3  And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil? He still holds fast his integrity, although you incited me against him to destroy him without reason.”  4  Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! All that a man has he will give for hi...

  Ordinary Time The Bride Adores Her Beloved 8  The voice of my beloved!     Behold, he comes, leaping over the mountains,     bounding over the hills. 9  My beloved is like a gazelle     or a young stag. Behold, there he stands     behind our wall, gazing through the windows,     looking through the lattice. 10  My beloved speaks and says to me: “Arise, my love, my beautiful one,     and come away, 11  for behold, the winter is past;     the rain is over and gone. 12  The flowers appear on the earth,     the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove     is heard in our land. 13  The fig tree ripens its figs,     and the vines are in blossom;     they give forth fragrance. ...