Good Evening Dear Family!
Happy Take Care Tuesday! Today was another day where handing out shelf stable lunches hit me in the heart. Our family members who came to the window seemed draggy and tired. Many of our usual recipients weren't there. I ask your prayers for Joseph, John, Bobby, and many others whom I do not even know their names. It's time to get to know our family members/neighbors names because that gives us the beginnings of relationships. Jesus, God, and the shepherds call us each by our names!
Tonight we will enter into prayers for the least of these and remind ourselves that we are at times the least of these too.
Let us light a candle for those who are the least of these and remember them!
We pray for all the least of these and that we may lovingly respond to their needs.
God we pray for the least of these and that we may lovingly respond to their needs.
God hear our prayer.
God we pray for the poor who are struggling to survive and are in search of better lives.
God hear our prayer.
God we pray for widows and orphans that as they mourn they may grieve without fear and accept new normals with courage.
God hear our prayer.
God we pray for the homeless, hungry, and ill clad that they may be protected from harm and find safe shelter tonight.
God hear our prayer
God we pray for those who are living below the poverty line and lack basic services for living.
God hear our prayer.
God we pray for our family members who are ill in body, mind, and spirit.
God hear our prayer.
God we pray for our family members who have chronic illnesses that they may learn to manage their illnesses with courage and grace.
God hear our prayer.
God we pray for our family members who are suffering with memory disorders and those who care for them.
God hear our prayer.
God we pray for an end to the violence in our land and in our cities.
God hear our prayer.
God we pray for and end to terror and extremism that peace may prevail upon earth and that love, forgiveness, and mercy may reign.
God hear our prayer,
God we pray that justice may roll down and speak truth to power and that we may be voices for the voiceless.
God hear our prayer.
God we pray and give thanks for________________________
God hear our prayer.
God we pray that we may be able to live authentically and live our truths without fear.
God hear our prayer.
God we lift up these our prayers and thanksgivings to your only son Jesus. Amen.
Or these
Tonight let us pray for the least of these and our family members who are feeling lost and alone.
Jesus, we come to you this night asking you to lift up the lonely, lost, and those who feel unloved and outcast. Help us to draw them into your circle of love and fellowship where they will find peace and a loving family waiting for them.
Jesus, we pray for peace in the holy places where you walked, preached, healed, were there for those who were outcast, blind, and not welcome in any town. We pray for peace in all of the Holy Land and a return to holiness and we pray for the leaders of Israel, Palestine, Syria, and Iraq that they may remember that they are all family members under Abraham and the awesome responsibility that comes with that.
Jesus, help us to be there for our family members even when it seems difficult to do so.
Jesus, heal all of our family members who are ill and we name them now before you with love________________
Jesus, help us to grow in the Fruits of the Spirit and reap abundantly the harvest that you have planted.
Jesus, help us to sow seeds of faith, hope, and love and that we may may show these throughout our lives and in our daily living.
Jesus, help us to be good stewards of God's Cathedral of Life.
Jesus, we pray for all refugees, strangers, immigrants of any kind and especially the unaccompanied children who have been set on a dangerous road to freedom.
Jesus, help us to be lights to this broken world and to each other.
Jesus, be with those who mourn and we pray that we may follow your example of compassion, love, and yes even weep as you wept at the tomb of Lazarus.
Jesus, may we rest gentle in your arms this night and always .
We lift up these our prayers to in Jesus' Name . Amen.
We remember this day Phillip -Deacon and Evangelist.
O God, who has made of one blood all the peoples of the earth, and sent your Son to preach peace to those who are far off and to those who are near: Grant that we, following the example of your servant Philip, may bring your Word to those who seek you for the glory of your Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Isaiah 53:7–11
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,
yet he did not open his mouth;
yet he did not open his mouth;
like a lamb that is led to the slaughter,
and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
By a perversion of justice he was taken away.
Who could have imagined his future?
Who could have imagined his future?
For he was cut off from the land of the living,
stricken for the transgression of my people.
stricken for the transgression of my people.
They made his grave with the wicked
and his tomb with the rich,
and his tomb with the rich,
although he had done no violence,
and there was no deceit in his mouth.
and there was no deceit in his mouth.
Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him with pain.
When you make his life an offering for sin,
he shall see his offspring, and shall prolong his days;
he shall see his offspring, and shall prolong his days;
through him the will of the Lord shall prosper.
Out of his anguish he shall see light;
Out of his anguish he shall see light;
he shall find satisfaction through his knowledge.
The righteous one, my servant, shall make many righteous,
and he shall bear their iniquities.
The righteous one, my servant, shall make many righteous,
and he shall bear their iniquities.
Psalm 67
Deus misereatur
1 May God be merciful to us and bless us, *
show us the light of his countenance and come to us.
show us the light of his countenance and come to us.
2 Let your ways be known upon earth, *
your saving health among all nations.
your saving health among all nations.
3 Let the peoples praise you, O God; *
let all the peoples praise you.
let all the peoples praise you.
4 Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, *
for you judge the peoples with equity
and guide all the nations upon earth.
for you judge the peoples with equity
and guide all the nations upon earth.
5 Let the peoples praise you, O God; *
let all the peoples praise you.
let all the peoples praise you.
6 The earth has brought forth her increase; *
may God, our own God, give us his blessing.
may God, our own God, give us his blessing.
7 May God give us his blessing, *
and may all the ends of the earth stand in awe of him.
and may all the ends of the earth stand in awe of him.
Acts 8:26–40
An angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Get up and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." (This is a wilderness road.) So he got up and went. Now there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of the Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, in charge of her entire treasury. He had come to Jerusalem to worship and was returning home; seated in his chariot, he was reading the prophet Isaiah. Then the Spirit said to Philip, "Go over to this chariot and join it." So Philip ran up to it and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah. He asked, "Do you understand what you are reading?" He replied, "How can I, unless someone guides me?" And he invited Philip to get in and sit beside him. Now the passage of the scripture that he was reading was this:
“Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter,
and like a lamb silent before its shearer,
so he does not open his mouth.
In his humiliation justice was denied him.
Who can describe his generation?
For his life is taken away from the earth.”
The eunuch asked Philip, "About whom, may I ask you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?" Then Philip began to speak, and starting with this scripture, he proclaimed to him the good news about Jesus. As they were going along the road, they came to some water; and the eunuch said, "Look, here is water! What is to prevent me from being baptized?" He commanded the chariot to stop, and both of them, Philip and the eunuch, went down into the water, and Philip baptized him. When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away; the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way rejoicing. But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he was passing through the region, he proclaimed the good news to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
Matthew 28:18–20
Jesus came and said to the disciples, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Also we remember A Season of Prayer for an Election.
OCT 11 Pray for our leaders and all in civil authorityO Lord our Governor, whose glory is in all the world: We commend
this nation to thy merciful care, that, being guided by thy Providence,
we may dwell secure in thy peace. Grant to the President of the United
States, the Governor of this State (or Commonwealth), and to all in
authority, wisdom and strength to know and to do thy will. Fill them
with the love of truth and righteousness, and make them ever mindful
of their calling to serve this people in thy fear; through Jesus Christ our
Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God,
world without end. Amen.
OCT 12 Pray for the mission of the Church, especially in this time of division
O God, you have made of one blood all the peoples of the earth, and
sent your blessed Son to preach peace to those who are far off and to
those who are near: Grant that people everywhere may seek after you
and find you; bring the nations into your fold; pour out your Spirit upon
all flesh; and hasten the coming of your kingdom; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.
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Good Night Dear Ones ! I love you and give thanks to God for you this night and always. Let us draw together as the least of these in town who have a special friendship circle of protection.
Love and Blessings,
Sara
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