Twenty-sixth Week After Pentecost, Saturday, November 23, 2024
Today, we invite you to reread, rest, and reflect on the prayers of the past week.
Lectionary Readings for Today: Weekly Review
Psalm 132:1-12
2 Kings 23:1-14
John 3:31-36
We enter your sacred prayer space to seek your peaceful assurance. Do we live lives worthy of being carried by the angels to your side when we breathe our final breath? We think of our past, full of self-disappointment, and cry out to you. You draw close; Life-giving Spirit embraces us, pressing her lips to our ears.
Reveal the calling you have prepared for us. Prepare us with all we need for our journey. Give us courage, wisdom, and compassion to sojourn with you and others in a good way.
We are sojourners upon your Ancient Path, walking under the shadow of your Holy Mountain. We are within the veil of your sacred prayer space. Your presence encourages us. We have journeyed far. We are weary; anxious and nervous at the thought that we are close to our destination.
We enter your sacred prayer space and are surrounded by your wisdom. We admit that we are among those who have placed hope and expectations in human rulers and governments. You reveal to us that only you can fulfil our expectations and meet our needs.
Today, we invite you to reread, rest, and reflect on the prayers of the past week.
Lectionary Readings for Today: Weekly Review
Psalm 127
Ruth 4:18-22
Mark 11:12-14, 20-24
Grant us peace, to walk with hope upon your Ancient Path. Grant us endurance, to be tireless and sure-footed. Grant us purpose, to walk with bold assurance that we are living your purpose each day we choose to follow you.