June 9-15, 2024
Sunday, June 9, 2024
Prayer as a Rule of Life
This is a day for rest and renewal of body, mind, and spirit.
Daily Prayer for a Rule of Life
May our lives be a prayer;
May God work through our prayers;
May our work be an answer;
To God’s will working through us.
May we rest in God’s love;
May God’s rest feed our souls;
May our table be open;
May we welcome friends and foes.
May the poor be our neighbors;
May our neighbors be blessed.
Amen
Lectionary Readings for the Week: 1 Sam 8:4-20 (11:14-15); Ps 138; 2 Cor 4:13-5:1; Mark 3:20-35
Monday, June 10, 2024
Prayer as a Rule of Life
With open hearts and ready hands
We gather.
With listening ears and waiting feet
We are here.
Silence
Be still and know that God is here.
Prayers of Gratitude
You are our breath, oh God, the Life that gives us life.
As we remember all the ways you enliven us, we give thanks.
The Lord’s Prayer
A Reading
We are tempted to use prayer as a time for thinking, in the hope it will be a "productive" use of our time, but prayer is not a time for thinking. It is a time for presence. Thinking is an integral part of human nature, but it is not our highest or most essential activity. The purpose of prayer is not intense self-reflection or progress in our spiritual life so much as an opportunity to be present and alert to God [and our context].
(David Keller, Come and See: The Transformation of Personal Prayer,
Harrisburg, PA: Morehouse, 2009), Kindle edition location 168.)
Reflect on the reading in light of your own journey.
Intercessions
14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,[a] 15 from whom every family[b] in heaven and on earth takes its name. 16 I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit 17 and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love. 18 I pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
(Ephesians 3:14-21, NRSVUE)
Sending Forth Prayer
May our lives be a prayer;
May God work through our prayers;
May our work be an answer;
To God’s will working through us.
May we rest in God’s love;
May God’s rest feed our souls;
May our table be open;
May we welcome friends and foes.
May the poor be our neighbors;
May our neighbors be blessed.
Amen
Daily Lectionary Readings: Psalm 108; 1 Samuel 7:3-15;
Revelation 20:1-6; or, Psalm 74; 1 Samuel 16:14-23
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Prayer as a Rule of Life
We gather in your presence, our Beloved,
Ready to listen
Ready to breathe in the breath of life
And breathe out the love that follows.
We await.
Silence
In quietness and confidence shall be our strength.
(Isaiah 30:15)
Prayers of Gratitude
Give thanks with a grateful heart
For all that God has done
For all that God is doing
For all that God will do
With us, for us, in us, and through us.
The Lord’s Prayer
A Reading: 1 Samuel 8:1-21
Reflect on the scripture, remembering the humility of God.
Intercessions
Bear one another’s burdens, and thus fulfill the law of Christ.
(Galatians 6:2)
Sending Forth Prayer
May our lives be a prayer;
May God work through our prayers;
May our work be an answer;
To God’s will working through us.
May we rest in God’s love;
May God’s rest feed our souls;
May our table be open;
May we welcome friends and foes.
May the poor be our neighbors;
May our neighbors be blessed.
Amen
Daily Lectionary Readings: Psalm 108; 1 Samuel 8:1-22; Revelation 20:7-15 or Psalm 74; 1 Kings 18:17-40
Wednesday, June 11, 2024
Prayer as a Rule of Life
Our hearts are steadfast, O God, our hearts are steadfast;[a] We will sing and make melody. Awake, our souls![b]2 Awake, O harp and lyre! We will awake the dawn.3 We will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples, and we will sing praises to you among the nations.4 For your steadfast love is higher than the heavens, and your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
Silence
5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens, and let your glory be over all the earth.
(Psalm 108:1-5 NRSVUE)
Prayers of Gratitude
We arise this day with gratitude in our hearts and thanksgiving on our lips.
The Lord’s Prayer
A Reading
Luke 11:14-28
Reflect on the reading of Scripture, remembering that God is with us.
Intercessions
As a chick finds refuge beneath its mother’s wing,
As a garden receives tender, loving care,
As a flock trusts in the shepherd for its safety,
So we turn to you, Loving God.
We turn to you.
Sending Forth Prayer
May our lives be a prayer;
May God work through our prayers;
May our work be an answer;
To God’s will working through us.
May we rest in God’s love;
May God’s rest feed our souls;
May our table be open;
May we welcome friends and foes.
May the poor be our neighbors;
May our neighbors be blessed.
Amen
Daily Lectionary Readings: Psalm 108; 1 Samuel 9:1-14; Luke 11:14-28 or,
Psalm 74; Isaiah 26:16-27:1
Thursday, June 12, 2024
Prayer as a Rule of Life
We welcome you, Holy Friends, three-in-one,
with our hearts and minds.
We rejoice in the new day you have given.
Silence
Your love, O God, is our salvation.
Prayers of Gratitude
It is not happiness that makes us grateful, but gratefulness that makes us happy.” So how exactly do we live gratefully? By becoming aware that every moment is a given moment, as we say.
(David Steindl-Rast, Ted Talk)
The Lord’s Prayer
A Reading
Hebrews 2:5-9
Reflect upon the reading, remembering the vulnerability of God.
Intercessions
The Lord answer you in the day of trouble! The name of the God of Jacob protect you!2 May God send you help from the sanctuary and give you support from Zion.3 May God remember all your offerings and regard with favor your burnt sacrifices. Selah
4 May God grant you your heart’s desire and fulfill all your plans.5 May we shout for joy over your victory and in the name of our God set up our banners.May God fulfill all your petitions.
6 Now I know that God will help the anointed; God will answer them from holy heaven with mighty victories by the right hand.7 Some take pride in chariots and some in horses, but our pride is in the name of our God.8 They will collapse and fall, but we shall rise and stand upright.
(Psalm 20:1-8, NRSVUE)
Sending Forth Prayer
May our lives be a prayer;
May God work through our prayers;
May our work be an answer;
To God’s will working through us.
May we rest in God’s love;
May God’s rest feed our souls;
May our table be open;
May we welcome friends and foes.
May the poor be our neighbors;
May our neighbors be blessed.
Amen
Daily Lectionary Readings: Psalm 20; 1 Samuel 9:15-27; Hebrews 2:5-9; or, Psalm 92:1-4, 12-15; Genesis 3:14-24; Hebrews 2:5-9
Friday, June 13, 2024
Prayer as a Rule of Life
It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High,2 to declare your steadfast love in the morning and your faithfulness by night,3 to the music of the lute and the harp, to the melody of the lyre.4 For you, O Lord, have made me glad by your work; at the works of your hands I sing for joy.
(Psalm 92:1-4, NRSVUE)
Silence
With a song in our hearts, we enter this day.
Prayers of Gratitude
As we breathe in life with every breath,
May we breathe out blessing this day.
The Lord’s Prayer
A Reading
Hebrews 2:5-9
Reflect on the reading and remember the persistence of divine love.
Intercessions
Intercession is a way of being
A transfusion of sacred trust
A fusion of energies for the good of the world
A union with God
A loving of all, through the love of God.
Sending Forth Prayer
May our lives be a prayer;
May God work through our prayers;
May our work be an answer;
To God’s will working through us.
May we rest in God’s love;
May God’s rest feed our souls;
May our table be open;
May we welcome friends and foes.
May the poor be our neighbors;
May our neighbors be blessed.
Amen
Daily Lectionary Readings: Psalm 20; 1 Samuel 10:1-8;
Hebrews 11:4-7 or, Psalm 92:1-4, 12-15; 1 Kings 10:26-11:8
Saturday, June 14, 2024
Prayer as a Rule of Life
With open minds, open hearts, open ears, open eyes,
and open hands
We gather this new day
To be with you, our Beloved.
Silence
Be still and know that God is God.
Prayers of Gratitude
Out of the fullness of our hearts, as we look back
Across the week
We count our blessings
And tell our stories of grace.
The Lord’s Prayer
A Reading
Mark 4:10-20
Reflect on the reading, remembering the wisdom of Jesus.
Intercessions
Come, Holy Spirit!
Maranatha!
Come, come, come!
Fill us with wisdom and discernment.
Show us the path of life.
Be in us the goodness of God
Generously given to all whom we meet
This day.
Sending Forth Prayer
May our lives be a prayer;
May God work through our prayers;
May our work be an answer;
To God’s will working through us.
May we rest in God’s love;
May God’s rest feed our souls;
May our table be open;
May we welcome friends and foes.
May the poor be our neighbors;
May our neighbors be blessed.
Amen
Daily Lectionary Readings: Psalm 20; 1 Samuel 13:1-15a; Mark 4:1-20; or,
Psalm 92:1-4, 12-15; 2 Kings 14:1-14
Peace be with you.
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