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 comeVoice 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 heavenVoice 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 breadVoice 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 usVoice 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 evilVoice 2 and the strength of our spirits endure for earth and all its peopleVoice 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 foreverVoice 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: 9-13Voice 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.
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)
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.
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