Ordinary Time
Saturday, September 26
Evening
Read/Sing:
Psalm 100; 63
Read:
Esther 9:1-32
Acts 20:1-16
Luke 4:38-44
Pray:
God of glory, we praise you for your presence in our lives, and for all goodness that you shower upon your children in Jesus Christ. Especially we thank you for
promises kept and hope for tomorrow...
the enjoyment of friends...
the wonders of your creation...
love from our parents, our sisters and brothers, our spouses and children...
pleasures of living...
God of grace, we are one with all your children, for we are sisters and brothers of Jesus Christ, and we offer our prayers for all whom we love. Especially we pray for
those we too often forget...
people who have lost hope...
victims of tragedy and disaster...
those who suffer mental anguish...
ecumenical councils and church agencies...
The Lord's Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven
Give us this day our daily bread
And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors
And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil
For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
Examen
I thank you for Resurrection Vigil. For Jesus' resurrection (Mark 16:1-7), for Psalm 150, Psalm 118, for Miriam and the horse and rider thrown into the sea (Exodus 15), for the darkness of sin and death giving way to light that we celebrate every time Saturday turns to Sunday, for baptism and the water that went over my head one lovely June day so long ago. May I thank you above all that this is not a novelty. Thank you for being freed from novelty in my walk with you. Maybe others can do the novelty thing better than me, but when I do it, its just a big monologue, talking-to-myself thing. I want to be nourished by you and I don't want to be fooled into thinking that the form the nourishment comes in could ever be emaciated or dried up. Bring my dry, emaciated soul to these nourishing moves each day.
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