Monday - Pentecost - Proper 14

Jesus and Nicodemus on the Rooftop
Henry O Tanner - 1899
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
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Quick Highlights, Bible Study & Prayers Based on
Book of Common Prayer Daily Office Readings in the Pentecost Season

Opening Sentence |

Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to
come! Revelation 4:8 | BCP p. 77

Daily Office Prayers |

Pray this way or this way or this way or this way or this way.
Alternatives

Readings | Biblegateway.com |
Monday

Psalm 89:1-18 & 89:19-52

Judges 12:1-7

Acts 5:12-26

John 3:1-21

Psalm 89 | Background |

God Rules! God Protects!

Hear and honor the power of the Lord!

Acts 4 | Background

Peter and John are arrested in the Temple and an angel breaks them
out - keep telling the Good News. Back in the Temple they heal and
preach - get arrested again when the guards discover they are not in
prison but preaching and healing.

John 1 | Background | 90 CE/AD | written by the “beloved disciple” to a

Greek Christian community; A religious leader - Nicodemus - sneaks in
the dead of night to confer with Jesus. Jesus asks Nic to think outside
of the box and believe in the signs and wonders of God through Jesus. Nic
just does not get it.

Tomorrow |

Tuesday

Psalm 97, 99, [100] & 94, [ 95 ]
Judges 13:1-15
Acts 5:27-42
John 3:22-36

Prayers and Intercessions
Collect for Week

Grant to us, Lord, we pray, the spirit to think and do always those things
that are right, that we, who cannot exist without you, may by you be
enabled to live according to your will; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who
lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.
Amen.                                                                 (Proper 14, Year B)

For Mission
O God and Father of all, whom the whole heavens adore:
Let the whole earth also worship you, all nations obey you,
all tongues confess and bless you, and men and women
everywhere love you and serve you in peace; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Prayer for Healing
Heavenly Father, giver of life and health: Comfort and relieve your sick servants, and give your power of healing to those who minister to their needs, that Leah and others for whom our prayers are offered may be strengthened in their weakness and have confidence in your loving care; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

A Prayer of Self-Dedication

Almighty and eternal God,

so draw our hearts to you,

so guide our minds,

so fill our imaginations,

so control our wills,

that we may be wholly yours,

utterly dedicated unto you;

and then use us, we pray you, as you will,

and always to your glory and the welfare of your people;

through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.

AR |

Glory to God whose power, working in us, can do infinitely more than
we can ask or imagine: Glory to him from generation to generation in
the Church, and in Christ Jesus for ever and ever. Amen.     
Ephesians 3:20,21

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