Opening Prayer:
Dear Jesus,
Help me to realize the many voices of hunger, the many sounds of thirst, the many cries of loneliness, the many callings of sickness and nakedness and imprisonment. Help me to hear in all of them something of You calling to me to become more than I am. More understanding. More compassionate. More involved. More like You. (Reflections on the Word by Ken Gire)
Psalm for the Week: Psalm 82
Scripture for the Day: Luke 14:25-35
Reading for Reflection:
The journey between the dreaming and the coming
true is a journey made on holy ground.
It is a journey made through silence and longing where, if we will
listen, we can hear the whisper of the Dreamer echoing deep within us, calling
us to become what the Dreamer sees when our names were first whispered: saints who believe in and pay attention for
and recognize the Voice; saints who live our lives in joy and confidence and
hope rather than judgment and anxiety and desperation; saints whose hours and
days and lives are spent carrying people to the Christ, lending each other a
hand when one has fallen, slipping along the river that brings joy to the heart
of God, carrying God’s peace and love and presence and life to those we meet
along the way.
That
is what we have been sent here to do.
And we will. The Dreamer’s dream
will always come true. (Between the Dreaming and the Coming True
by Robert Benson)
Reflection and Listening: silent and written
Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself
Song for the Week: For All the Saints
Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself
Song for the Week: For All the Saints
For all the saints, who from their labors rest,
who thee by faith before the world confessed,
thy name, O Jesus, be forever blest.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Thou wast their rock, their fortress, and their might;
thou Lord, their captain in the well-fought fight;
thou in the darkness drear, their one true light.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
O may thy soldiers, faithful, true, and bold,
fight as the saints who nobly fought of old,
and win with them the victor's crown of gold.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
O blest communion, fellowship divine!
We feebly struggle, they in glory shine;
yet all are one in thee, for all are thine.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
And when the strife is fierce, the warfare long,
steals on the ear the distant triumph song,
and hearts are brave again, and arms are strong.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
From earth's wide bounds, from ocean's farthest coast,
through gates of pearl streams in the countless host,
singing to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost:
Alleluia, Alleluia!
who thee by faith before the world confessed,
thy name, O Jesus, be forever blest.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Thou wast their rock, their fortress, and their might;
thou Lord, their captain in the well-fought fight;
thou in the darkness drear, their one true light.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
O may thy soldiers, faithful, true, and bold,
fight as the saints who nobly fought of old,
and win with them the victor's crown of gold.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
O blest communion, fellowship divine!
We feebly struggle, they in glory shine;
yet all are one in thee, for all are thine.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
And when the strife is fierce, the warfare long,
steals on the ear the distant triumph song,
and hearts are brave again, and arms are strong.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
From earth's wide bounds, from ocean's farthest coast,
through gates of pearl streams in the countless host,
singing to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost:
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Closing Prayer:
Go forth now as God’s servant. Remember God’s presence often and draw strength from the knowledge that the One who calls and sends also sustains. Amen. (A Guide to Prayer by Rueben P. Job and Norman Shawchuck)
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