Saturday, October 5, 2024
Nineteenth Week After Pentecost, Saturday, October 5, 2024
Today, we invite you to reread, rest, and reflect on the prayers of the past week.
Lectionary Readings for Today: Weekly Review
Psalm 26
Job 7:1-21
Luke 16:14-18
Nineteenth Week After Pentecost, Saturday, October 5, 2024
Today, we invite you to reread, rest, and reflect on the prayers of the past week.
Lectionary Readings for Today: Weekly Review
Psalm 26
Job 7:1-21
Luke 16:14-18
We enter your sacred prayer space, this place where you live and where your glory dwells. Our eyes are often drawn to the actions of those who do not trust in you. They entice us, tempting us to wander with them and to follow their ways of folly. We admit that sometimes we are overtaken by temptation.
Thank you for this time with you. We quiet our hearts and minds, so we can hear your life-giving message of love and hope, which energizes us. Thank you for the guides, mentors, and community who encourage us to stay close to you and walk in a good way.
Loving Yahweh, we place our hope and trust in you, knowing you will fulfill your promises. Thank you for men and women who are examples of living a life of faith. We keep our eyes on Jesus. Thank you for the cloud of witnesses who are cheering us to throw off what hinders us from being who you created us to be.
Gather us together, so we will remain faithful in your presence as kingdoms fall around us. We will listen to your words of wisdom and reassurance. We long for your loving embrace around us, now and forever.
We gather together in an ascent to your sacred prayer space. We sing as we come to you songs of our ancestors throughout the generations. Before we knew you, even when we did not acknowledge you, your blessings and protection showered upon us. We see you smiling towards us as we praise you.
Today, we invite you to reread, rest, and reflect on the prayers of the past week.
Lectionary Readings for Today: Weekly Review
Psalm 19
Proverbs 21:1-17
Matthew 21:23-32