Saturday, August 20,2022

Tenth Week after Pentecost, Saturday, August 20, 2022
Today, we invite you to reread, rest and reflect on the prayers of the past week.
Lectionary Readings for Today:
Nehemiah 13:15-22
Psalm 103:1-8
Luke 6:1-5
Tenth Week after Pentecost, Saturday, August 20, 2022
Today, we invite you to reread, rest and reflect on the prayers of the past week.
Lectionary Readings for Today:
Nehemiah 13:15-22
Psalm 103:1-8
Luke 6:1-5
Loving Yahweh, we come together singing your praises. We place our hope in your unfailing love and we wait for your lead. Thank you for looking at us with such loving eyes. Thank you, we are the apples of your eye.
O Faithful One, you never leave us and are searching for us. Thank you for showing your mercy to our ancestors and to us. Thank you for the people and creation showing us that we are loved and forgiven. Thank you for your faithfulness, the gift of faith, and for your breath as we journey to Bethlehem, the House of Bread.
We enter your sacred prayer space, singing songs of praise to you. We know that our Redeemer lives, and you are our Redeemer. The walls press in on all sides and threaten to crush us. We, and our loved ones, face hardship and persecution at every turn; yet, you have sustained us and we have persevered. Your loving mercy saves us each moment.
We are continuously challenged by the deceiver who tells us we are useless and unimportant, that we do not belong here. Give us faith to believe that you have gifted us with our abilities to remain here in your presence. Give us understanding that you have called us to your purpose, and faith to remain on your ancient path.
Thank you, Wind of the Spirit, for your life-giving breath that reveals the mysterious ways of the Divine Family. Thank you for sharing God’s secret wisdom that gives life. We relish and cherish the intimacy and the divine revelation.
We enter your sacred prayer space seeking shelter from the harsh rulers and ways of the world. We are covered with the dirt and filth of a world gone mad as so many stray from your presence. They threaten to consume us. You remind us that your ways are more pure and powerful, and that we will remain protected as the furnaces burn and the seas boil around us.