The Irrevocable Call of God
(Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32)
Here is a readers’ theatre setting of Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32, one of the suggested lectionary readings for August 14, 2011 (Proper 15A). It’s set for two voices, but it could also be read by a single voice.
One: I ask then,
has God rejected His own people?
Of course not!
I myself am an Israelite—
a descendant of Abraham,
a member of the tribe of Benjamin.
Two: No, God has not rejected His own people,
whom He chose from the very beginning.
For God’s gifts and God’s call can never be taken away.
They are irrevocable.
One: Once you also were rebels against God,
but when the people of Israel rebelled against Him,
God was merciful to you instead.
Now they are the rebels,
and God’s mercy has come to you
so that they, too, will share in God’s mercy.
Two: For God has imprisoned everyone in disobedience
so that He can have mercy on everyone.
For another setting of this particular scripture passage, see Readers’ Theatre: Romans 11 (amplified).
For more resources based on this passage, or other lectionary texts for August 14, 2011, click on Proper 15A in the list of “Labels” below. For more readers’ theatre suggestions, click on readers’ theatre in the list of “Labels.”
