Season:
Epiphany
Monday, February 1
Evening
Read/Sing:
Psalm 73; 9
Read:
Isaiah 51:17-23
Galatians 4:1-11
Mark 7:24-37
Pray:
We rejoice in your generous goodness, O God, and celebrate your lavish gifts to us this day, for you have shown your love in giving Jesus Christ for the salvation of the world. Especially we give thanks for
the labors of those who have served us today...
friends with whom we have shared...
those whom we love and who have loved us...
opportunities for our work to help others...
all beauty that delights us...
Gracious God, we know you are close to all in need, and by our prayers for others we come closer to you. We are bold to claim for others your promises of new life in Jesus Christ, as we claim them for ourselves. Especially we pray for
those in dangerous occupations...
physicians and nurses...
those who are ill or confined to nursing homes...
those who mourn...
the Roman Catholic Church...
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
Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors
Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil
For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
Reading
"All the secret places of our heart, therefore, must be constantly scrutinized and the prints of whatever enters them must be investigated in the most careful way, lest perchance some spiritual beast, a lion or a dragon, pass through and secretly leave its dangerous traces; then, once our thoughts were neglected, access to the sanctuary of our heart would be offered to still others. Thus at every moment we should cultivate the earth of our heart with the gospel plow - that is, with the continual remembering of the Lord's cross - and we shall be able to root out from ourselves the nests of harmful animals and the hiding places of venomous serpents."
-John Cassian, Conferences, p. 63
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