Tag: Healthy people don’t need a doctor — sick people do

Morning Prayer: 13 February – Isaiah 1:16-18; Luke 5:27-32 ~ a cure for what ails you

Saturday after Ash Wednesday

+ In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen!

Opening Sentence

Seek the Lord while you can find him. Call on him now while he is near. (Isaiah 55:6)

Morning Reading: Isaiah 1:16-18 (NLT)

Wash yourselves and be clean! Get your sins out of my sight. Give up your evil ways. Learn to do good. Seek justice. Help the oppressed. Defend the cause of orphans. Fight for the rights of widows.

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“Come now, let’s settle this,” says the Lord. “Though your sins are like scarlet, I will make them as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, I will make them as white as wool.

Morning Reading: Luke 5:27-32 (NLT)

Later, as Jesus left the town, he saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him. So Levi got up, left everything, and followed him.

Later, Levi held a banquet in his home with Jesus as the guest of honor. Many of Levi’s fellow tax collectors and other guests also ate with them. But the Pharisees and their teachers of religious law complained bitterly to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with such scum?”

Jesus answered them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do. I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners and need to repent.”

Morning Prayer

Christ Jesus, my Savior: you understand my weaknesses because you faced all of the same testings I do, yet you did not sin. Welcome me into your presence this morning, grant me your mercy, and help me by your grace.

+ Cleanse me and keep my body free from sin – may I remain in your presence throughout the day.
+ Fill me with the Holy Spirit – may he comfort me and guide all my words and actions.
+ Show me how to offer myself for others – may I put aside my selfishness and pride.
+ Strengthen me to do your will throughout the day – may your Kingdom come in me.
+ Give me a hunger for the food of eternal life – may I live on the nourishment of your word.

All-powerful and ever-living God, look with compassion on my frailty, and for my protection stretch out to me your strong right hand. Through my Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

“Jesus Paid It All”

Closing Sentence

Let the wicked change their ways and banish the very thought of doing wrong. Let them turn to the Lord that he may have mercy on them. Yes, turn to our God, for he will forgive generously. (Isaiah 55:7)

+ In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen!

Morning Prayer: 16 January – Mark 2:13-17 ~ guess who’s coming to dinner

Saturday of the First Week in Ordinary Time

+ In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen!

Opening Sentence

The Lord has sent me to bring the good news to the poor, to proclaim liberty to captives. (Luke 4:17)

Morning Reading:Mark 2:13-17(NLT)

Then Jesus went out to the lakeshore again and taught the crowds that were coming to him. As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him. So Levi got up and followed him.

Jesus summons Matthew to leave the tax office Jan Sanders van Hemessen, 1536 Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Jesus summons Matthew to leave the tax office
Jan Sanders van Hemessen, 1536
Alte Pinakothek, Munich

Later, Levi invited Jesus and his disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other disreputable sinners. (There were many people of this kind among Jesus’ followers.) But when the teachers of religious law who were Pharisees saw him eating with tax collectors and other sinners, they asked his disciples, “Why does he eat with such scum?”

When Jesus heard this, he told them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor — sick people do. I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.”

Morning Prayer

Christ became man to make me a child of God and he intercedes for me before God my Father. Thank you, Lord, for your loving mercy; open to me the treasures of your love.

+ You have enlightened me in baptism with water and fire – I consecrate my day to you.
+ Hide your word in my heart and teach me – may your word bear good fruit in me.
+ Fill me with your praise today – may I take your word with me wherever I may go.
+ Give me courage when things go wrong – strengthen me with faith in you, with hope in your promises and with love of your will.

Let the splendour of the Resurrection light up my heart and mind, Lord, scattering the shadow of death and bringing me to the radiance of eternity. Through my Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

“Always Enough” – Kari Jobe

Blessing

To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. (Revelation 1:5b-6)

+ In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen!

Morning Prayer: 17 Jan – Heb 4:12-16; Mk 2:13-17 ~ mercy and grace when we need it most

Saturday of the First Week in Ordinary Time

+ In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen

Opening sentences:

Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.

Let the words of my mouth and the thought of my heart find favor before You, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer.

A Reading from Letters: Hebrews 4:12-16 (NLT)

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For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God. Everything is naked and exposed before his eyes, and he is the one to whom we are accountable.

So then, since we have a great High Priest who has entered heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe. This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin. So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.
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The Lord sent me to bring glad tidings to the poor and to proclaim liberty to captives. (Luke 4:18)
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A Reading from the Gospels: Mark 2:13-17 (NLT)

Meal with sinners by Sieger Köder (1973)
Meal with sinners
by Sieger Köder (1973)

Then Jesus went out to the lakeshore again and taught the crowds that were coming to him. As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him. So Levi got up and followed him.

Later, Levi invited Jesus and his disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other disreputable sinners. (There were many people of this kind among Jesus’ followers.) But when the teachers of religious law who were Pharisees saw him eating with tax collectors and other sinners, they asked his disciples, “Why does he eat with such scum?”

When Jesus heard this, he told them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor — sick people do. I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.”
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Canticle

Christ, as a light illumine and guide me. Christ as a shield overshadow me. Christ under me; Christ over me; Christ beside me on my left and my right.

This day be within and without me, lowly and meek, yet all-powerful. Be in the heart of each to whom I speak; in the mouth of each who speaks unto me. This day be within and without me, lowly and meek, yet all-powerful.

Christ as a light; Christ as a shield; Christ beside me on my left and my right.

Blessing:

May the Lord Christ go with you, wherever He may send you. May He guide you through the wilderness, protect you through the storm. May He bring you home rejoicing at the wonders He has shown you. May He bring you home rejoicing once again into our doors.

+ In the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen