Friday - Pentecost 17 - Proper 19

Jesus, Disciples, Moses, Elijah, God

Highlights
Daily Office Readings | Book of Common Prayer

Pray

Today | Friday | 16 September 2016

Ps. 69:1–23 (24–30) 31–38; Ps. 73; Esther 1:1–4 10–19; Acts 17:1–15; John 12:36b–43

Psalm 69 | Prayer for deliverance

I am drowning; Help me; I have suffered in your name; I have been rejected; they tease me; Answer me and save me from the mire; Answer me; Redeem me; No one comforts me; Your help, O God, will lift me up; God listens to the needy.

Acts 17

Paul and Silas proclaimed the word of the Lord and were run out of town by people jealous of the message; he escapes with the help of the local disciples.

John 12

They did not believe the message of Jesus in fulfillment of Isaiah prophecy; some heard and believed but did not tell anyone in fear of the religious leaders.

Tomorrow | Saturday | 17 September 2016

Ps. 75 76; Ps. 23 27; Esther 2:5–8 15–23; Acts 17:16–34; John 12:44–50

Prayer

“O God of all nations and peoples: We live in a nation of immigrants, and one in which the diverse gifts of many peoples have contributed to our energy and strength. Yet it is one in which some immigrants are discriminated against because of the color of their skin, their language, or the country of their origin. Help us, by your grace, to offer hospitality to all strangers, as our Father Abraham did in the desert. Grant us the wisdom and skill to enact just and merciful immigration reforms so that the hospitality and access to this great land may be offered equally to people of all colors and races and nations.” Amen. 

Diocese of West Virginia