Prayer of Sacred Reading and Listening (Lectio Divina), Monday , October 19, 2026, 9:00am

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Matthew 22:34-46

34 When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, 35 and one of them, an expert in the law, asked him a question to test him. 36 "Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?" 37 He said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' 38 This is the greatest and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' 40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets." 41 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them this question: 42 "What do you think of the Messiah? Whose son is he?" They said to him, "The son of David." 43 He said to them, "How is it then that David by the Spirit calls him Lord, saying, 44 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet"'? 45 "If David thus calls him Lord, how can he be his son?" 46 No one was able to give him an answer, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.

Psalm 110. The Lord says to my lord, “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool.”

The Lord’s Prayer in Three Voices

Voice 1 Our Father who art in HeavenVoice 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 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 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 usVoice 2 Forgive us our failings in love,  and free us from all  falseness,  

Voice 3 Release us from the things we have done wrongin 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 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

Almighty God,
your Son has shown us how to love one another.
May our love for you
overflow into joyous service
and be a healing witness to our neighbors
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.