Wednesday, November 6, 2024

There is only one true love; there is only one true joy. There is only one true spiritual wind. You are the truest of true. You are our only one true God. Bind us together in your sacred garden for all eternity.

We enter your sacred prayer space as narrative people. We all have stories of hardship and celebration, turmoil and peace. You have blessed our stories to cross paths as we sojourn in this land of the living. You have blessed us with lasting relationships with you and each other.

Today, we invite you to reread, rest and reflect on the prayers of the past week.

Lectionary Readings for Today: Weekly Review
Psalm 22:1-15
Job 20:1-29
Matthew 15:1-9

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.

We enter your sacred prayer space as we are. We have good and bad days. We rage and feel bitter about the injustices of the world around us. We sometimes wonder why arrogant people prosper. But you remind us of your promise to us. You count us among your righteous. Our destiny is not the destiny of arrogance.

In this sacred time with you, we empty ourselves of anger, jealousy, bitterness, evil, and judgemental attitudes. We are your vessels of love. Thank you for filling us with your joy and peace as we trust in you, so that we may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.