Opening Song: Psalm 78 (https://open.spotify.com/track/4B9BfivfrcPbNoC1ngwwQH?si=cf88d1dae9cf43fe) by Jesse and Leah Roberts Lyrics: O people, listen, incline your ear To the mysteries, to the teaching here Things that we have heard, things that we have known Parables our fathers told, oh no, we won't hide them We'll let the children hear He divided the sea and let them pass through it Made the waters stand there as a heap In the day He led by cloud, but with firе in the night He split the rock for watеr so they could drink He opened up the skies, the very doors of Heaven Poured the bread of angels there to eat By His very might, on the wind He fulfilled every hungering In spite of all of this they sinned, they sinned In spite of all of this they rebelled again In spite of all of this they sinned, they sinned He had made the river blood, sent the swarms to devour He gave the crops to beasts, the harvest of their labor The hail destroyed the vine, the flocks by lighted sky Amidst the thundercloud He let loose His anger by a company of angels And when the path was made, from death He wouldn't save Struck down the firstborn, first fruits of Egypt's strength Then He led his people out In spite of all of this they sinned, they sinned In spite of all of this they rebelled again In spite of all of this they sinned, they sinned In spite of all of this they sinned, they sinned In spite of all of this they rebelled again In spite of all of this they sinned, they sinned So full of wrath, God rose Against His own, laid low The young men and the strong, they fell He delivered up His glory Into fire all-consuming The women had no marriage song, the priests fell by the sword The widows they made no lament But then the Lord Full of compassion His anger was restrained Yet full of compassion He remembered them again Yet full of compassion With a pure heart and skillful hand Yet full of compassion He remembered them again Passage: 14 In the daytime he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a fiery light. 15 He split rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep. 16 He made streams come out of the rock and caused waters to flow down like rivers. 17 Yet they sinned still more against him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert. 18 They tested God in their heart by demanding the food they craved. 19 They spoke against God, saying, “Can God spread a table in the wilderness? 20 He struck the rock so that water gushed out and streams overflowed. Can he also give bread or provide meat for his people?” 21 Therefore, when the Lord heard, he was full of wrath; a fire was kindled against Jacob; his anger rose against Israel, 22 because they did not believe in God and did not trust his saving power. 23 Yet he commanded the skies above and opened the doors of heaven, 24 and he rained down on them manna to eat and gave them the grain of heaven. 25 Man ate of the bread of the angels; he sent them food in abundance. 26 He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens, and by his power he led out the south wind; Musical Reflection: O Lord, Hear My Prayer by Jacques Berthier Reflection Notes: This song from the Taizé community contains a series of pleas: “O Lord, hear my prayer, O Lord, hear my prayer; when I call, answer me.” The repeated notes emphasize the insistence of the sung prayer, while the descending lines indicate a deep, almost despairing desire to connect. Prayer: Father, what we know not, teach us; what we have not, give us; what we are not, make us; for the sake of your Son our Savior. Amen. -Old Anglican Prayer