Cherry Sunday

Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy. He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead. So, ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ And who is my neighbor?

Have mercy.

Go and do likewise.

Ps 82:3; Prv 31:8-9; Mi 6:8; Col 3:12; Jas 2:26; Mt 22:37-40