Saturday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time
+ In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen!
Opening Sentence
Create a clean heart within me, O God,
so that it may become Your chosen shelter
and the resting place of the Holy Spirit.
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Reading: Psalm 27:4, 7-8 (NLT)
The one thing I ask of the Lord—the thing I seek most—is to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, delighting in the Lord’s perfections and meditating in his Temple.
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Hear me as I pray, O Lord. Be merciful and answer me!
My heart has heard you say, “Come and talk with me.” And my heart responds, “Lord, I am coming.”
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Reading: Hosea 10:12 (NLT)
I said, ‘Plant the good seeds of righteousness, and you will harvest a crop of love. Plow up the hard ground of your hearts, for now is the time to seek the Lord, that he may come and shower righteousness upon you.’
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Reading: Philippians 4:9 (NLT)
Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me—everything you heard from me and saw me doing. Then the God of peace will be with you.
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Prayer:
Hear me as I pray, O Lord. Be merciful and answer me!
+ I have heard Your voice in my heart calling me; hear I am.
+ Calm the tempest within me; that I may delight in the beauty of Your presence.
+ Shower Your righteousness upon me and bring forth a harvest of love.
+ Remind me of Your loving-kindness to me; that I may rest in Your peace.
Lord, I belong to You; hold me close to Your heart – today, and forever.
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“This Is Where I Belong” – Housefires
This is where I belong, Held by the arms of love
This is where I belong, Held by the arms of love
Love don’t let me go, don’t let go
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Declaration of Faith
Lord, I will trust You, help me to journey beyond the familiar and into the unknown.
Give me the faith to leave old ways and break fresh ground with You.
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Blessing
Lord bless me, and keep me from all evil, and bring me to everlasting life.
+ In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen!
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