Ruth Meets Boaz ?Now? Naomi ?had a relative of her husband?, ?a prominent rich man? from the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz. 2 And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Please let me go to the field and glean among the ears of grain after someone in whose eyes I may find favor.” And she said to her, “Go, my daughter.” 3 So she went and came and gleaned in the field behind the reapers. And she happened by chance upon the tract of field ?belonging to? Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech. 4 And look, Boaz came from Bethlehem and said to the reapers, “May Yahweh be with you.” And they said to him, “May Yahweh bless you.” 5 And Boaz said to his servant in charge of the reapers…
+ DAILY PRAYER +
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my pleas for mercy!
In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness!
Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan,
and he hears my voice.
Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you;
He will never permit the righteous to be moved.
Psalm 12
Psa 12:1 Save, O LORD, for the godly one is gone;
for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.
Psa 12:2 Everyone utters lies to his neighbor;
with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
Psa 12:3 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips,
the tongue that makes great boasts,
Psa 12:4 those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail,
our lips are with us; who is master over us?”
Psa 12:5 “Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan,
I will now arise,” says the LORD;
“I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”
Psa 12:6 The words of the LORD are pure words,
like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.
Psa 12:7 You, O LORD, will keep them;
you will guard us from this generation forever.
Psa 12:8 On every side the wicked prowl,
as vileness is exalted among the children of man.
Reading for Tuesday August 19th Ruth 2:1-10
Ruth Meets Boaz
2 ?Now? Naomi ?had a relative of her husband?, ?a prominent rich man? from the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz. 2 And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Please let me go to the field and glean among the ears of grain after someone in whose eyes I may find favor.” And she said to her, “Go, my daughter.” 3 So she went and came and gleaned in the field behind the reapers. And she happened by chance upon the tract of field ?belonging to? Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech. 4 And look, Boaz came from Bethlehem and said to the reapers, “May Yahweh be with you.” And they said to him, “May Yahweh bless you.” 5 And Boaz said to his servant ?in charge of the reapers?, “To whom does this young woman belong?” 6 And ?the servant in charge of the reapers? said, “She is a Moabite girl returning with Naomi from the countryside of Moab. 7 And she said, ‘Please let me glean and let me gather among the sheaves behind the reapers.’ So she came and remained from the morning up to now. ?She is sitting for a little while in the house?.”
8 And Boaz said to Ruth, “?Listen carefully?, my daughter, go no longer to glean in another field. Moreover, do not leave from this one, but ?stay close? with my young women. 9 Keep your eyes on the field that they reap and go after them. Have I not ordered the servants not to bother you? And if you get thirsty, you shall go to the containers and drink from where the servants have drawn.” 10 And she fell on her face and bowed down to the ground and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your eyes by recognizing me—for I am a foreigner?”
Lord’s Prayer
Daily Prayer
O God, enkindled with the fire of Your love, Your servant Bernard of Clairvaux became a burning and shining light in Your Church. By Your mercy, grant that we also may be aflame with the spirit of love and discipline and may ever walk in Your presence as children of light; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Concluding Prayer
Heavenly Father, send Your Holy Spirit into our hearts to direct and rule us to do Your will, to comfort us in all our afflictions, to defend us from all error, and to lead us into all truth; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
