Tuesday - Pentecost - Proper 29

Hoffman - Christ and the Rich Young Ruler
Residing at the Riverside Church in New York City, NY USA

Highlights & Mini-Bible Study

Book of Common Prayer | Daily Office Readings

Last Days of Pentecost

You are no longer strangers and sojourners, but citizens together with the saints and members of the household of God. Ephesians 2:19 | Enriching Our Worship 1, p.19

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Readings

Today | Tuesday | 28 November 2017 |
Ps. [120], 121, 122, 123; Ps. 124, 125, 126, [127]; Nahum 1:1–13; 1 Pet. 1:13–25; Matt. 19:13–22

Psalm 121

Confidence in God’s Care - My help comes from God who made everything-

The Lord keeps me and protects me from evil forever.

1 Peter 1 - Background

We are God’s elect - prepare yourself setting your hope on the grace of Jesus Christ-

Be holy, Serve God, live with God, not in the common culture.

Matthew 19 - Background

Jesus says all are welcome into the Kingdom of God even the children (who have no status); your focus needs to be on God not possessions - if need be give it all away and follow God devotedly not worried about what you have.

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Prayers and Intercessions | Mission St Clare | Book of Common Prayer
Today | Christ the King | Last Sunday in Pentecost- Year A

Collect for the Day
Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all things in your well-beloved Son, the King of kings and Lord of lords: Mercifully grant that the peoples of the earth, divided and enslaved by sin, may be freed and brought together under his most gracious rule; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

For Mission

Lord Jesus Christ, you stretched out your arms of love on the hardwood of the cross that everyone might come within the reach of your saving embrace: So clothe us in your Spirit that we, reaching forth our hands in love, may bring those who do not know you to the knowledge and love of you; for the honor of your Name. Amen

Thanksgiving for the Mission of the Church
Almighty God, you sent your Son Jesus Christ to reconcile the world to yourself: We praise and bless you for those whom you have sent in the power of the Spirit to preach the Gospel to all nations. We thank you that in all parts of the earth a community of love has been gathered together by their prayers and labors, and that in every place your servants call upon your Name; for the kingdom and the power and the glory are yours for ever. Amen..

For the Conservation of Natural Resources

Almighty God, in giving us

dominion over things on earth,

you made us fellow workers in your creation:

Give us wisdom and reverence

so to use the resources of nature,

that no one may suffer from our abuse of them,

and that generations yet to come

may continue to praise you for your bounty;

through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.