We justify the things we do

Sixth Sunday after Epiphany Year A
 Psalm 119: 1 – 8; Matthew 5: 21 – 37

Hymn: We justify the things we do,

We justify the things we do,
we veil our acts with lies.
We argue round and round by turns,
and peer through our disguise.
The law that Christ would have us keep
goes well beyond the word;
it sounds the spirit, frames in love,
and makes our thoughts absurd...

Andrew Pratt (born 1948)

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