Prayer, Attention, Relationship

  • “Exegesis is loving God enough to stop and listen carefully to what God says.” — Eugene Peterson, “Eat This Book”

Saturday, October 25, 2025

Prayer of Sacred Reading and Listening (Lectio Divina), Monday, October 27, 2025, 9:00am

  Meeting ID: 814 8663 8380

Security





Global Refugee Mural, Joel Berger, Silver Spring, Maryland, 2009

The Lord's Prayer in Three Voices


(prayed aloud in sequence by the same three readers for Lectio) 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!


Voice 1   Matthew 6: 9-13
Voice 2 (from "Celtic Benediction," by John Phillip Newell)




Closing Prayer  

Luke 6:20-31

Then he looked up at his disciples and said: "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. "Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be filled. "Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh."Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you, revile you, and defame you on account of the Son of Man.Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for surely your reward is great in heaven; for that is what their ancestors did to the prophets. 24"But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation. 25 "Woe to you who are full now, for you will be hungry. "Woe to you who are laughing now, for you will mourn and weep. 26 "Woe to you when all speak well of you, for that is what their ancestors did to the false prophets. 27 "But I say to you that listen, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. 29 If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from anyone who takes away your coat do not withhold even your shirt. 30 Give to everyone who begs from you; and if anyone takes away your goods, do not ask for them again. 31 Do to others as you would have them do to you.

O Ancient of Days,
through the outpouring of your Holy Spirit
you comfort and bless all creatures.
Gather from the four corners of the world
all those who weep in despair or loneliness,
those who are hungry, naked, or poor,
those who have withstood oppression
and are bowed in anguish before violence.
Grant that they may rejoice in the new life
of justice and peace that you promised your people
through the compassionate witness of Jesus. Amen.


at No comments:

Monday, October 20, 2025

Prayer of Sacred Reading and Listening (Lectio Divina), Monday, October 20, 2025, 9:00am

  Meeting ID: 814 8663 8380


The Harvesters, Peter Brueghel



Joel 2:23-32

23 O children of Zion, be glad, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for he has given the early rain for your vindication; he has poured down for you abundant rain, the early and the later rain, as before. 24 The threshing floors shall be full of grain; the vats shall overflow with wine and oil. 25 I will repay you for the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my great army that I sent against you. 26 You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied and praise the name of the LORD your God, who has dealt wondrously with you. And my people shall never again be put to shame. 27 You shall know that I am in the midst of Israel and that I, the LORD, am your God and there is no other. And my people shall never again be put to shame. 28 Then afterward I will pour out my spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. 29 Even on the male and female slaves, in those days I will pour out my spirit.30 I will show portents in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. 31 The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD comes.











The Lord's Prayer in Three Voices

(prayed aloud in sequence by the same three readers for Lectio)



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!


Voice 1   Matthew 6: 9-13
Voice 2 (from "Celtic Benediction," by John Phillip Newell)









Closing Prayer 










O Wellspring of salvation,
we come to you in joy,
for you have heard the prayers of the poorand raised up the lowly.
Pour out your Spirit
on young and old alike,
that our dreams and visions may bring
justice and peace to the world. Amen.

at No comments:
Subscribe to: Comments (Atom)