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.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Daily Prayer, Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Morning

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love.

Invitatory Psalm 84
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Happy are those whose strength is in you,
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O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer
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A day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere.
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You are a sun and shield;
you bestow favor and honor.
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O Lord of hosts,
happy is everyone who trusts in you.

Psalm 36
Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in their hearts; there is no fear of God before their eyes.....Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens....

Daily Lectionary Reading, Joel 2:1-2, 12-17; Psalm 51:1-17

Lectio Divina
Yet even now, says the Lord, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; rend your hearts and not your clothing. Return to the Lord, your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and relents from punishing (Joel 2:12-13).

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot our my transgression, and my sin is ever before me (Psalm 51:1-3).

Prayer for today:
Righteous God,
in humility and repentance
we bring our failures in caring, helping, and loving,
we bring the pain we have caused others,
we bring the injustice in society of which we are a part,
to the transforming power of your grace.

Grant us the courage to accept the healing you offer
and to turn again toward the sunrise of your reign,
that we may walk with you in the promise of peace
you have willed for all the children of the earth,
and have made known to us in Christ Jesus. Amen.

(Revised Common Lectionary Prayers, Fortress Press


Midday Psalm 119:49-56

Evening
Psalms 55, 59, 60, 62

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