Friday, January 10, 2025

Speak, LORD, so we will hear your voice. Though we may not always understand, we will follow your instructions. Turn water into the choicest wine before us, so all who taste it will know you are the God who restores and saves.

You beckon us to come away with you. Give us feet ready to run with you. Comfort and assure us as we lay in your presence, in your vast and bountiful meadows. We want for nothing, for you are with us.

We gather with multitudes of believers in celebration. We are grateful for your obedience to your earthly mother–she, who pondered in her heart the many observances of your glory from times before you were born. She, who was near to God, knew your nature as fully God and fully human. Though human in your initial response to Mary, even still, your divine nature responded with love and obedience.

We enter your sacred prayer space with praise in our voices, dancing with celebration. Stories of your wonderful acts have been shared through the generations. Like the wind and waves, we also remember your name. We see the Faithmarkers of our ancestors. We know you are faithful.

We feel challenged and pressed on all sides by the pressures and uncertainties of life. We enter your sacred prayer space and name each of our fears to you as you patiently and lovingly listen to us. Life-giving Spirit encircles us; she kisses and calms us. Your voice is the wind and thunder to us. You assure us we will be safe.

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

Lectionary Readings for Today: Weekly Review

Psalm 29
Ecclesiastes 3:1-15
1 Corinthians 2:11-16