Prayer of Sacred Reading, Listening and Seeing, Monday, June 30, 2025, 9:00am

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Call to Prayer Leader    Let Us gather in the welcome of our Triune God, Creator, Christ, and Holy Spirit.  Gathered:  Lord, it is good for us to be here.  Lighting the Christ candle Leader       Jesus Christ is the Light of the world.        Gathered:   The Light no darkness can overcome  Invitation Song to Lectio Divina, written and gifted by music minister John Penoyar of Hinesburg, Vermont "The Road To Emmaus" Were not our hearts burning as He spoke Were not His words words we longed to hear Were not our eyes opened in the breaking of the bread Were not our hearts burn -ing as He spoke Our God is here He walks among us When two or three of us are gathered in his name Our God is here and he surrounds us And all creation sings the glory of his name And we shall rise, as he is risen And though he promised us we did not understand Yes we shall rise as he is risen And we will know him when he calls to us by name. Lectio Divina Guidelines Leader:  - During the first reading, listen for the overall sense of the passage. Select  a word or phrase that captures your attention, as though the Holy Spirit were flashing a light from the text to your heart, asking you to notice it. Like the disciples on the road to Emmaus, allow your eyes to be opened and your heart to be warmed as God speaks to you.  Leader:  During the second reading let us listen for the feelings, sensations and connections that God's Word stirs in us. What message might God be speaking into your life now?. Leader:  - During the final reading let us attend to our own hearts for a response to God’s love. What response will you carry forth from this encounter with the Living Word into the world?  Leader:   Let us now rest in the silence and attend once more to the presence of Christ among us. We hold a quiet space to hear God speaking in our hearts "Soon for the Harvest", photograph by Jorge Alonzo, Uruguay, 2008 Luke 10:1-11, 16-20.      Jesus sends out seventy disciples 1 After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go. 2 He said to them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. 3 Go on your way; I am sending you out like lambs into the midst of wolves. 4 Carry no purse, no bag, no sandals, and greet no one on the road. 5 Whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace to this house!' 6 And if a person of peace is there, your peace will rest on that person, but if not, it will return to you. 7 Remain in the same house, eating and drinking whatever they provide, for the laborer deserves to be paid. Do not move about from house to house. 8. Whenever you enter a town and its people welcome you, eat what is set before you; 9 cure the sick who are there, and say to them, 'The kingdom of God has come near to you.'10 But whenever you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go out into its streets and say, 11 'Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off in protest against you. Yet know this: the kingdom of God has come near.' Lord’s Prayer in Three Parts Voice 1 Our Father who art in Heaven Voice 2 Holy One beyond all names,  Eternal Wellspring,  Voice 3 O Great Spirit, our Father from above, Voice 1 Hallowed be thy name Thy kingdom come Voice 2 May love rise again in us today  Voice 3 we honor your name as sacred and holy. Voice 1 thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven Voice 2 with food for every table, shelter for every person, Voice 3 Bring your good road to us, where the beauty of your ways in the spirit-world above is reflected in the earth below. Voice 1 Give us this day our daily bread Voice 2 and reverence for every living being. Voice 3 Provide for us day by day--the elk, the buffalo, and the                  salmon.  The corn, the squash, and the wild rice.              All the things we need for each day. Voice 1 Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us Voice 2 Forgive us our failings in love,  and free us from all falseness,  Voice 3 Release us from the things we have done wrong, in the same             way we release others for the things done wrong to us. Voice 1 and Lead us not into temptation, Voice 2 that the light of our souls may shine  Voice 3      Guide us away from the things that tempt us to stray from your good road Voice 1     but deliver us from evil Voice 2     and the strength of our spirits endure for earth and all its                 people Voice 3 and set us free from the evil one and his worthless ways. Voice 1 For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours forever Voice 2 this day, tonight,  and forever.   Voice 1         Amen! Voice 2 Yes, I commit!  Voice 3 Aho,! May it be so! Martin Luther This is most certainly true! Voice 1   Matthew 6: 9-13 Voice 2 (from "Celtic Benediction," by John Phillip Newell)  Voice 3  First Nations Version: An Indigenous Translation of the New Testament. Closing Prayer    God of all nations and peoples, your Son commanded his disciples to preach and heal throughout the world. Grant us, by the power of the Holy Spirit, the zeal to proclaim the good news of peace and justice, and gather all humanity into life with you. Amen.

Prayer of Sacred Reading, Listening and Seeing, Monday, June 23, 2025, 9:00am

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Call to Prayer Leader    Let Us gather in the welcome of our Triune God, Creator, Christ, and Holy Spirit.  Gathered:  Lord, it is good for us to be here.  Lighting the Christ candle Leader       Jesus Christ is the Light of the world.        Gathered:   The Light no darkness can overcome  Invitation Song to Lectio Divina, written and gifted by music minister John Penoyar of Hinesburg, Vermont "The Road To Emmaus" Were not our hearts burning as He spoke Were not His words words we longed to hear Were not our eyes opened in the breaking of the bread Were not our hearts burn -ing as He spoke Our God is here He walks among us When two or three of us are gathered in his name Our God is here and he surrounds us And all creation sings the glory of his name And we shall rise, as he is risen And though he promised us we did not understand Yes we shall rise as he is risen And we will know him when he calls to us by name. Lectio Divina Guidelines Leader:  - During the first reading, listen for the overall sense of the passage. Select  a word or phrase that captures your attention, as though the Holy Spirit were flashing a light from the text to your heart, asking you to notice it. Like the disciples on the road to Emmaus, allow your eyes to be opened and your heart to be warmed as God speaks to you.  Leader:  During the second reading let us listen for the feelings, sensations and connections that God's Word stirs in us. What message might God be speaking into your life now?. Leader:  - During the final reading let us attend to our own hearts for a response to God’s love. What response will you carry forth from this encounter with the Living Word into the world?  Leader:   Let us now rest in the silence and attend once more to the presence of Christ among us. We hold a quiet space to hear God speaking in our hearts "Looking Back - the man at the plow" , James Tissot, American, ca. 1888-92 Luke 9:51-62        Jesus says, Follow me 51 When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. 52 And he sent messengers ahead of him. On their way they entered a village of the Samaritans to prepare for his arrival, 53 but they did not receive him because his face was set toward Jerusalem. 54 When his disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?" 55 But he turned and rebuked them. 56 Then they went on to another village. 57 As they were going along the road, someone said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go." 58 And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head." 59 To another he said, "Follow me." But he said, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father." 60 And Jesus said to him, "Let the dead bury their own dead, but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God." 61 Another said, "I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say farewell to those at my home." 62 And Jesus said to him, "No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God Lord’s Prayer (from "Celtic Benediction," by John Phillip Newell) Holy One beyond all names,  Eternal Wellspring,  May love rise again in us today  with food for every table, shelter for ever person, and reverence for every living being. Forgive us our failings in love,  and free us from all falseness,  that the light of our souls may shine  and the strength of our spirits endure for earth and all its people  this day, tonight,  and forever.  Amen. Closing Prayer    Beckoning God,  move in our lives, inviting us to journey to unknown territory, to listen for your voice, and to speak your prophetic word in a world that does not want to hear. Empowered by your Spirit, grant us the courage we need to journey, trust, listen, speak, and accept your commission to be your faithful servant people. Amen.