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Highlights and Reflections
Daily Office Lectionary | Book of Common Prayer
Opening Sentence
For God so loved the world that God gave .... John 3:16a
Today | Thursday | 11 August 2016
Psalm 105
Oh give thanks to the Lord; Holy is God's name; God remembers the Lord's promises to all people; telling of salvation story via Jacob and Moses and liberation; observe God's ways.
Judges 14
Samson wants a wife out of the tribe; kills lion;
Acts 6ive
Stephen before the religious leaders, begins to tell the salvation story beginning with the patriarchs of the faith.
John 4 The Samaritan women continue to talk with Jesus as the disciples come back; she leaves and evangelizes her community; and they see and hear Jesus and believe.
Tomorrow | Friday | 12 August 2016
Oh give thanks to the Lord; Holy is God's name; God remembers the Lord's promises to all people; telling of salvation story via Jacob and Moses and liberation; observe God's ways.
Judges 14
Samson wants a wife out of the tribe; kills lion;
Acts 6ive
Stephen before the religious leaders, begins to tell the salvation story beginning with the patriarchs of the faith.
John 4 The Samaritan women continue to talk with Jesus as the disciples come back; she leaves and evangelizes her community; and they see and hear Jesus and believe.
Tomorrow | Friday | 12 August 2016
Ps. 102; Ps. 107:1–32; Judges 14:20—15:20; Acts 7:17–29; John 4:43–54
Eternal God, in whose perfect kingdom no sword is drawn but the sword of righteousness, no strength known but the strength of love: So mightily spread abroad your Spirit, that all peoples may be gathered under the banner of the Prince of Peace, as children of one Father; to whom be dominion and glory, now and for ever. Amen. (Prayer for Peace, p. 815)
Almighty God our heavenly Father, guide the nations of the world into the way of justice and truth, and establish among them that peace which is the fruit of righteousness, that they may become the kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. (Prayer for Peace Among the Nations, p. 816)
O God, you have bound us together in a common life. Help us, in the midst of our struggles for justice and truth, to confront one another without hatred or bitterness, and to work together with mutual forbearance and respect; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (Peace in Times of Conflict, p. 824)
Book of Common Prayer, last century edition
Book of Common Prayer, last century edition
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