...table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in thy manifold and great mercies. We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy table. But thou art the same Lord whose nature is always to have mercy. Grant us, therefore, gracious Lord,...

...honor spirit over matter, and proclaim the abject depravity of human beings in relation to God ("We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy table"),56 while our lections still proclaim our "dominion over the earth."57 As we have become more...

...of some minor trouble but of life itself. Cranmer follows this biblical allusion with another: "We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under Thy Table. But Thou art the same Lord whose property is always to have mercy." Here again we are offered a biblical...

...Table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in Thy manifold and great mercies. We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under Thy Table. But Thou art the same Lord, whose property is always to have mercy: grant us therefore, gracious Lord,...

...table, merciful God, trusting in our own righteousness, but in your manifold and great mercies. We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under your table. But you are the same God whose nature is always to have mercy. Grant us therefore, gracious...

...Table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in thy manifold and great mercies. We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy Table. But thou art the same Lord, whose property is always to have mercy: Grant us therefore, gracious Lord,...

...table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in thy manifold and great mercies. We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy table. But thou art the same Lord whose property is always to have mercy: grant us therefore, gracious Lord,...

...is, because we can retain our own dignity and pride. But Cranmer in his superb liturgy reminds us We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under your table. But now, as the son returns home, we see the magnificence of grace writ large. "While he...

...does one of the prayers in the Communion service of the old Book of Common Prayer, that the faithful are "not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy Table"? Or in a more contemporary vein, is it theologically accurate to say that "God is a warm fuzzy to our...

...away household goods, including Alice's largest cooking-pot, worth at least eighteen shillings. "We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy Table..." Two years ago Henry and seven or eight others had refused to swear on the bible and were sent to prison....