Tag: Tuesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time

Morning Prayer: Tue, 28 Feb – Psalm 127:1; Joshua 4:1-7; 1 Corinthians 3:10-11 ~ built by God

Tuesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time

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

Opening Sentence

Almighty God, give me grace to love what you command and to desire what you promise, that I may fix my heart on Jesus Christ your Son my Lord where true joy is to be found. Amen.
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Reading: Psalm 127:1 (NLT)

Unless the Lord builds a house, the work of the builders is wasted. Unless the Lord protects a city, guarding it with sentries will do no good.
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Reading: Joshua 4:1-7 (NLT)

When all the people had crossed the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua, “Now choose twelve men, one from each tribe. Tell them, ‘Take twelve stones from the very place where the priests are standing in the middle of the Jordan. Carry them out and pile them up at the place where you will camp tonight.’”

So Joshua called together the twelve men he had chosen—one from each of the tribes of Israel. He told them, “Go into the middle of the Jordan, in front of the Ark of the Lord your God. Each of you must pick up one stone and carry it out on your shoulder—twelve stones in all, one for each of the twelve tribes of Israel. We will use these stones to build a memorial. In the future your children will ask you, ‘What do these stones mean?’ Then you can tell them, ‘They remind us that the Jordan River stopped flowing when the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant went across.’ These stones will stand as a memorial among the people of Israel forever.”
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Reading: 1 Corinthians 3:10-11 (NLT)

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Because of God’s grace to me, I have laid the foundation like an expert builder. Now others are building on it. But whoever is building on this foundation must be very careful. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one we already have—Jesus Christ.
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Prayer:

Heavenly Father, be the architect and builder of my life.

+ Give me the grace to build on no other foundation but the foundation of Jesus Christ.
+ Remove and replace every faulty foundation in my life with Jesus Christ.
+ Ground me daily in your word so I can withstand the storms of life.

I confess and declare that Jesus Christ is my strong foundation; he will protect me from evil, he will answer my prayers, he is my all in all. To God be the glory. Amen.
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“All to Us” – Chris Tomlin


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Blessing

  • May God keep you in all your days.
  • May Christ shield you in all your ways.
  • May the Spirit bring you healing and peace.

May God the Holy Trinity drive all darkness from you and pour upon you blessing and light.

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

Morning Prayer: 26 May – Psalm 50:5-8, 14, 23; Mark 10:28-31 ~ sacrifice of thanksgiving

Tuesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time

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

Opening sentence and prayer:

Our sufferings bring acceptance, acceptance brings hope: and our hope will not deceive us, for the Spirit has been poured into our hearts. Stay with me, Lord, on my journey.

+ Help me to realize that my troubles are slight and short-lived – they are as nothing compared with the joy I shall have when I reach my home with You.
+ Come to the lonely, the unloved, those without friends – show them Your love, and help me to care for my brothers and sisters.
+ Take away my pride, temper my anger – may I follow You in Your gentleness; make me humble of heart.
+ Give me the fulness of Your Spirit – make my love for others generous and sincere.

God our Father, You are continually raising to the glory of holiness those who serve You faithfully. In Your love, hear my prayer: let the Holy Spirit inflame me with that fire with which He captured the hearts of the saints who have gone before me. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

A Reading from Psalms: Psalm 50:5-8, 14, 23 (NLT)

“Bring my faithful people to me — those who made a covenant with me by giving sacrifices.” Then let the heavens proclaim his justice, for God himself will be the judge.

thankfulness

“O my people, listen as I speak. Here are my charges against you, O Israel: I am God, your God! I have no complaint about your sacrifices or the burnt offerings you constantly offer.
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“Make thankfulness your sacrifice to God, and keep the vows you made to the Most High.
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“But giving thanks is a sacrifice that truly honors me. If you keep to my path, I will reveal to you the salvation of God.”
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Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth; you have revealed to little ones the mysteries of the Kingdom. (Matthew 11:25)
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A Reading from the Gospels: Mark 10:28-31 (NLT)

Orphans in the Cemetary Vasily Perov, 1864 Russian
Orphans in the Cemetary
Vasily Perov, 1864
Russian

Then Peter began to speak up. “We’ve given up everything to follow you,” he said.

“Yes,” Jesus replied, “and I assure you that everyone who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or property, for my sake and for the Good News, will receive now in return a hundred times as many houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and property — along with persecution. And in the world to come that person will have eternal life. But many who are the greatest now will be least important then, and those who seem least important now will be the greatest then.”
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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