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.

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Daily Prayer, Thursday, June 9

Morning
May my meditation be pleasing to you, O Lord.

Invitatory Psalm 150
Praise the Lord!

We praise you in your sanctuary;
we praise you in your mighty firmament!
We praise you for your mighty deeds;
We praise you according to your surpassing greatness!
We praise you with trumpet sound;
We praise you with tambourine and dance;
We praise you with strings and pipe!
We praise you with clanging cymbals;
We praise you with loud clashing cymbals!

Let everything that breathes praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord!


Psalm 73

Daily Lectionary Reading, Psalm 104:24-34, 35b

Lectio Divina,
When you hide your face, they are dismayed; when you take away their breath, they die and return to the dust (Psalm 104:29).

May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the Lord. Bless the Lord, O my soul. Praise the Lord! (Psalm 104:34)

Midday Psalm 119:113-120

Prayer for Today:
We are grateful, O God, for those who have gone before us and carried the tradition of the Spirit forward: for those who have been able to dream distant dreams; for those whose visions can always see light however much darkness there seems to be; for those who teach us that life always leans forward and that to clutch too closely to the past is always a destructive posture....Amen. (from Prayers of the People, Richard Einerson).


Evening
Psalm 105

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