Daily Prayer 74

9/6/2019

Opening Prayer

Lord God, my holy lover, when You enter my heart everything rejoices within me. You are my glory and the joy of my heart; You are my hope and my refuge in the day of my distress.
Thomas a’ Kempis (1380-1471)

(silent reflection)

Prayer of the Bible

Hear O Lord, and be merciful to me; O Lord, be my helper. You turned my mourning into dancing; You removed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness, that my heart may sing praise to You and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.
-Psalm 30: 10-12

(Free expression of praise and thanksgiving to God)

Confession of Sin

My God, for love of you I desire to hate and forsake all sins by which I have ever displeased you; and I resolve by the help of your grace to commit them no more; and to avoid all opportunities of sin. help me to do this, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
-Common Worship

(Time of silence for confession of sin)

The Words of Jesus

So he said to them again, “I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.” So the Jews said, “Will he kill himself, since he says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?” He said to them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.
-John 8:21-23

(Think deeply on these life-giving words of Jesus)

Prayer for Ourselves and Others

For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers.
-Ephesians 1:15-16

(Time to bring before God our own needs and the needs of others)

Closing Prayer

O Christ, our Morning Star,
Splendor of Light Eternal,
shining with the glory of the rainbow,
come and waken us
from the greyness of our apathy,
and renew in us your gift of hope. Amen.
-Bede the Venerable (672-735)

Go, sent by the Father into the world to love & serve in the name of Jesus, empowered by the Holy Spirit

photos taken--Top: Yeghegnadzor, Armenia Bottom: Gozo, Malta

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