Practice honesty and integrity; rescue the man who has been wronged from the hands of his oppressor; do not exploit the stranger, the orphan, the widow; do no violence; shed no innocent blood in this place. Our King and Redeemer, listen to your Church as she sings your praises at the start of the day:Continue reading “Meditation for August 11”
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Meditation for August 10
You will have to suffer only for a little while: the God of all grace who called you to eternal glory in Christ will see that all is well again: he will confirm, strengthen and support you. His power lasts for ever and ever. Amen. Bless the Lord, you heavens; all his angels, bless theContinue reading “Meditation for August 10”
Meditation for August 7
With our unveiled faces reflecting like mirrors the brightness of the Lord, we all grow brighter and brighter as we are turned into the image that we reflect; this is the work of the Lord who is Spirit. O God, at your only-begotten Son’s glorious transfiguration you confirmed the mysteries of faith by the witnessContinue reading “Meditation for August 7”
Meditation for August 5
You must give your brothers a fair hearing and see justice done between a man and his brother or the stranger who lives with him. You must be impartial in judgment and give an equal hearing to small and great alike. Do not be afraid of any man, for the judgment is God’s. Lord. WeContinue reading “Meditation for August 5”
Meditation for August 4
There is a variety of gifts but always the same Spirit; there are all sorts of service to be done, but always to the same Lord; working in all sorts of different ways in different people, it is the same God who is working in all of them. I Cor. 12:4-6 Lord, in our morningContinue reading “Meditation for August 4”
Meditation for August 3
This is the covenant I will make with the House of Israel when those days arrive – it is the Lord who speaks. Deep within them I will plant my Law, writing it on their hearts. Then I will be their God and they shall be my people. Jeremiah Almighty Lord and God, you haveContinue reading “Meditation for August 3”
Meditation for August 1
May all the peoples of the earth come to know that the Lord is God indeed, and that there is no other. May your hearts be wholly with the Lord our God, following his laws and keeping his commandments as at this present day. While kayaking in southern England off the Isle of Wight, MarkContinue reading “Meditation for August 1”
Meditation for July 31
Be united in your convictions and united in your love, with a common purpose and a common mind. There must be no competition among you, no conceit; but everybody is to be self-effacing. Always consider the other person to be better than yourself, so that nobody thinks of his own interests first but everybody thinksContinue reading “Meditation for July 31”
A Thought from Ezra
Time to get up. You have work to do. We are with you.
Meditation for July 30
He it was who formed the mountains, created the wind, reveals his mind to man, makes both dawn and dark, and walks on the top of the heights of the world; the Lord, the God of Hosts, is his name. Prophet Amos Almighty and ever-living God, we pray to you in your majesty morning, noonContinue reading “Meditation for July 30”