It took a year to read the Bible, then almost 9 months to read the Apocrypha. Now, I'm going to try to offer reflections on the Narrative Lectionary. But, I won't be posting daily--at least, for a while.

Friday, March 11, 2011

Daily Prayer, Friday, March 11, 2011

Morning
Let all who are faithful offer prayer to you....
You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with glad cries of deliverance...

Invitatory Psalm 118
We give thanks to you, O Lord, for you are good;
your steadfast love endures forever!
....
Open to me the gates of righteousness,
that I may enter through them.
....


Psalms 41, 42, 43, 47

Daily Lectionary Reading, Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7

Lectio Divina
Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves (Genesis 2:6).

Do not be like a horse or mule, without understanding, whose temper must be curbed with bit and bridle, else it will not stay near you. Many are the torments of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds those who trust in the Lord (Psalm 32:9-10).


Prayer for Today:
Fill us with your strength
to resist the seductions of our foolish desires
and the tempter's vain delights,
that we may walk in obedience and righteousness,
rejoicing in you with an upright heart. Amen.
(from Revised Common Lectionary Prayers, Fortress Press.)

Midday Psalm 119:78-88

Evening
Psalm 74

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