Prayer, Attention, Relationship

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

Saturday, August 15, 2026

Prayer of Sacred Reading and Listening (Lectio Divina), Monday , August 17, 2026, 9:00am

 

Zoom Meeting ID: 814 8663 8380        Passcode: scripture

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Romans 12:1-8    One body in Christ, with gifts that differ

I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, on the basis of God's mercy, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your reasonable act of worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of the minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God--what is good and acceptable and perfect. 3 For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. 4 For as in one body we have many members and not all the members have the same function, 5 so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another. 6 We have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us: prophecy, in proportion to faith; 7 ministry, in ministering; the teacher, in teaching; 8  the encourager, in encouragement; the giver, in sincerity; the leader, in diligence; the compassionate, in cheerfulness.

The Lord’s Prayer in Three Voices



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 help the strength of our spirits endure for earth and all its people


Voice 3  and set us free from the evil one & his worthless ways.

Voice 1 For the kingdom, the power, & 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!


Texts  from  Matthew 6: 9-13 (NRSV),  

"Celtic Benediction," by John Phillip Newell,        

First Nations Version: An Indigenous Translation of the New Testament.


Closing Prayer


Your voice burns within the depths of our being, O God of our ancestors,
and draws us into your presence and service.
Hear the cries of your people and speak a word of comfort,
that we may proclaim to all the earththe glory of your name. Amen.






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