Tag: Saturday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time

Morning Prayer: Sat, 04 Feb – Psalm 72:1-4; Proverbs 3:13-18; James 1:5 ~ wisdom for the asking

Saturday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time

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

Opening Sentence

Teach me again, Lord, to number my days.

Call out in me again a willingness to love and serve.
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Reading: Psalm 72:1-4 (NLT)

Give your love of justice to the king, O God, and righteousness to the king’s son. Help him judge your people in the right way; let the poor always be treated fairly. May the mountains yield prosperity for all, and may the hills be fruitful. Help him to defend the poor, to rescue the children of the needy, and to crush their oppressors.
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Reading: Proverbs 3:13-18 (NLT)

Joyful is the person who finds wisdom, the one who gains understanding.

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For wisdom is more profitable than silver, and her wages are better than gold. Wisdom is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her. She offers you long life in her right hand, and riches and honor in her left. She will guide you down delightful paths; all her ways are satisfying. Wisdom is a tree of life to those who embrace her; happy are those who hold her tightly.
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Reading: James 1:5 (NLT)

If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking.
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Prayer for Wisdom: (adapted from “Solomon’s Prayer for Wisdom” – Wisdom 9 RSVCE)

O God of my fathers and Lord of mercy, who has made all things by Your Word, and by Your Wisdom has formed mankind, to have dominion over the creatures You have made, and rule the world in holiness and righteousness, and pronounce judgment in uprightness of soul, give me the Wisdom that sits by Your throne, and accept my service and love.

For I am Your servant, one who is weak and short-lived, with little understanding of judgment and laws; for even if I were perfect by human standards, yet without the Wisdom that comes from You I will be regarded as nothing.

For my human reasoning is worthless, and my designs are likely to fail, for a perishable body weighs down my soul, and this earthy tent burdens my thoughts. I can hardly figure out what is happening on earth; but You have traced out what is in the heavens. But, You have given me Wisdom and sent the Holy Spirit from on high as my Counselor.

Give me Your Wisdom and understanding as the day unfolds, that I may do and say what pleases You, and stay on the path that leads to eternal life. Through Jesus Christ, the embodiment of Wisdom, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, One God, forever and ever. Amen.
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“Everything We Need” – The Acappella Company


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Blessing

May I embody Your ready kindness in these days, for things will not be as they were before.

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

Morning Prayer: 06 February – 2 Peter 3:13-15 ~ live peacefully

Saturday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time

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

Opening Sentence

I will give you a new heart, and put a new spirit in you. (Ezekiel 36:26)

Morning Reading: 2 Peter 3:13-15 (NLT)

Peter Martyr Enjoins Silence. Fra Angelico. c.1441 Fresco inside a monk's cell, Museo di San Marco, Florence, Italy.
Peter Martyr Enjoins Silence.
Fra Angelico. c.1441
Fresco inside a monk’s cell, Museo di San Marco, Florence, Italy.

We are looking forward to the new heavens and new earth he has promised, a world filled with God’s righteousness.

And so, dear friends, while you are waiting for these things to happen, make every effort to be found living peaceful lives that are pure and blameless in his sight.

And remember, our Lord’s patience gives people time to be saved.

Morning Prayer

God’s gift was not a spirit of timidity, but the Spirit of power and love, and self-control. Gracious God, send us your Spirit.

+ Father, send us your Spirit – that Christ may be born again today in the hearts of all mankind.
+ Father, send us your Spirit – that we may receive every spiritual blessing and thus reflect his presence.
+ Father, send us your Spirit – that we may open the eyes of the blind, proclaim the Word of light, and reap together the harvest of life.
+ Father, send us your Spirit – that the advancement of your kingdom may not fall short through our selfishness or fear.
+ Father, send us your Spirit – that the universe may be alive with the Spirit, and that our homes may be the pledge of a world redeemed.

Lord God, you are the source of our strength. Send us your Spirit that we may live courageously in Christ and persevere in faith to the end of our days. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

“Take my life and let it be”

Blessing

Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. (Hebrews 13:20-21)

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

Morning Prayer: 7 Feb – Heb 13:15-17, 20-21; Mk 6:30-34 ~ equipped with all you need

Saturday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time

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

Opening sentence and prayer:

Father, we praise you, now the night is over, active and watchful, stand we all before you; Singing we offer prayer and meditation: Thus we adore you.
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Praise be to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ: in Christ you have given us every spiritual blessing. Father, may your Spirit lead us forward out of solitude: may he lead us to open the eyes of the blind, to proclaim the Word of light, to reap together the harvest of life. Let our striving for your kingdom not fall short through selfishness or fear: may the universe be alive with the Spirit, and our homes be the pledge of a world redeemed. Father, send us your Spirit.

A Reading from the Letters:Heb 13:15-17, 20-21 (NLT)

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Therefore, let us offer through Jesus a continual sacrifice of praise to God, proclaiming our allegiance to his name. And don’t forget to do good and to share with those in need. These are the sacrifices that please God.

Obey your spiritual leaders, and do what they say. Their work is to watch over your souls, and they are accountable to God. Give them reason to do this with joy and not with sorrow. That would certainly not be for your benefit.
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Now may the God of peace — who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, and ratified an eternal covenant with his blood — may he equip you with all you need for doing his will. May he produce in you, through the power of Jesus Christ, every good thing that is pleasing to him. All glory to him forever and ever! Amen.
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My sheep hear my voice, says the Lord; I know them, and they follow me. (John 10:27)
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A Reading from the Gospels: Mark 6:30-34 (NLT)

Jesus Preaches in a Ship James Tissot, 1886-1894 Brooklyn Museum
Jesus Preaches in a Ship
James Tissot, 1886-1894
Brooklyn Museum

The apostles returned to Jesus from their ministry tour and told him all they had done and taught. Then Jesus said, “Let’s go off by ourselves to a quiet place and rest awhile.” He said this because there were so many people coming and going that Jesus and his apostles didn’t even have time to eat.

So they left by boat for a quiet place, where they could be alone. But many people recognized them and saw them leaving, and people from many towns ran ahead along the shore and got there ahead of them. Jesus saw the huge crowd as he stepped from the boat, and he had compassion on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things.
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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