Monday - Pentecost 8 - Proper 10

Rahab and the Spies
By Frederick Richard Pickersgill,
 illustrator of the 1897
Bible Pictures and What They Teach Us
by Charles Foster [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Highlights and Reflections

Daily Office Reading from the Book of Common Prayer

Week after the Eighth Sunday of Pentecost - Proper 10

Opening Sentence

Thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy, "I dwell in the high and holy place and also with the one who has a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the contrite." Isaiah 57:15

Today | Monday | 11 July 2016

Ps. 25; Ps. 9 15; Joshua 2:1–14; Rom. 11:1–12; Matt. 25:1–13

Psalm 25 | Individual Lament

To you O Lord I lift up my soul, hear me, guide me, instruct me, redeem me and Israel; hear my prayer.

Joshua 2
Rahab story of faith and protection of her family; spies of Israel are hidden; deal struck for their escape; the spies make the deal acknowledging that the Lord will let them take the land.

Romans 11
Paul continues to write. Is God against Israel? No there is a remnant of believers even though they have killed those that have been sent in the past.

Matthew 25

Jesus tells of the end times about ten maidens being prepared for the coming of the master of the house.

Tomorrow | Tuesday | 12 July 2016

Ps. 26 28; Ps. 36 39; Joshua 2:15–24; Rom. 11:13–24; Matt. 25:14–30

For All Sorts and Conditions

O God, the creator and preserver of all, we humbly beseech you for all sorts and conditions of people; that you would be pleased to make your ways known unto them, your saving health unto all nations. More especially we pray for your holy Church universal; that it may be so guided and governed by your good Spirit, that all who profess and call themselves Christians may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteousness of life. Finally, we commend to your fatherly goodness all those who are in any ways afflicted or distressed, in mind, body, or estate; that it may please you to comfort and relieve them according to their several necessities, giving them patience under their sufferings, and a happy issue out of all their afflictions. And this we beg for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen.

For the Poor and Neglected

Almighty and most merciful God, we remember before you all poor and neglected persons whom it would be easy for us to forget: the homeless and the destitute, the old and the sick, and all who have none to care for them. Help us to heal those who are broken in body or spirit, and to turn their sorrow into joy. Grant this, Father, for the love of your Son, who for our sake became poor, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

For Those Who Live Alone

Almighty God, whose Son had nowhere to lay his head: Grant that those who live alone may not be lonely in their solitude, but that, following in his steps, they may find fulfillment in loving you and their neighbors; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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