“Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall declare your praise.”
Collect:
O God, by whose wondrous grace we are enriched with every blessing,
grant us so to pass from former ways to newness of life,
that we may be made ready for the glory of the heavenly Kingdom.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.
The Readings:
Deuteronomy 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 or 13:41c-62; Psalms 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6; John 8:1-11
Daily Meditation:
Help us to pass from our old life of sin
to our new life of grace.
This week we let the powerful light of God’s love
shine into the deepest, darkest corners of our soul,
revealing the most un-loving parts of our hearts,
and we ask forgiveness and healing.
Perhaps we might make the Stations of the Cross
to stir our hearts more deeply with the sense of his love for us. Though I walk in the valley of darkness.
I fear no evil,
for you are with me.
Psalm 23
Intercessions:
Praise to Jesus, our Savior; by his death he has opened for us the way of salvation. Let us ask him:
Lord, guide your people to walk in your ways.
God of mercy, you gave us new life through baptism,
- make us grow day by day in your likeness.
May our generosity today bring joy to those in need,
- in helping them may we find you.
Help us to do what is good, right and true in your sight,
- and to seek you always with undivided hearts.
Forgive our sins against the unity of your family,
- make us one in heart and spirit.
Closing Prayer:
Father of love,
I know that you are the source of all
that it good and graced in my life.
Help me tomove from the life of sin
to which I so often cling,
into the new life of grace you offer me.
You know what I need to prepare for your kingdom.
Bless me with those gifts.
May the Lord bless us,
protect us from all evil
and bring us to everlasting life.
Amen.