Thursday, September 14, 2006

Today's Verse

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort.
1 Corinthians 2:3

Today we pray to the God of all comfort for those who suffer pain, loss, injustice and for whom this world is a cruel, cruel place.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Anyone in particular, or all of them?

That Hideous Man said...

some in particular.

That Hideous Man said...

We pray not for theodicy, but for theophany. For as Dr Stumpy Greenisland so memorably wrote, "no answer can be made small enough for my mind".