The Father’s Wisdom Children, listen to the instruction of a father, and be attentive in order to know insight. 2 For I have given you good instruction; do not forsake my teaching. 3 When I was a son to my father, tender and alone before my mother, 4 he taught me and said to me, “May your heart hold fast to my words; guard my commandments and live. 5 Get wisdom and insight;…
+ 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 22:19-26
Psa 22:19 But you, O LORD, do not be far off!
O you my help, come quickly to my aid!
Psa 22:20 Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life
from the power of the dog!
Psa 22:21 Save me from the mouth of the lion!
You have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen!
Psa 22:22 I will tell of your name to my brothers;
in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:
Psa 22:23 You who fear the LORD, praise him!
All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him,
and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!
Psa 22:24 For he has not despised or abhorred
the affliction of the afflicted,
and he has not hidden his face from him,
but has heard, when he cried to him.
Psa 22:25 From you comes my praise in the great congregation;
my vows I will perform before those who fear him.
Psa 22:26 The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied;
those who seek him shall praise the LORD!
May your hearts live forever!
Reading for Wednesday June 11th Prov 4:1-19
The Father’s Wisdom
4 Children, listen to the instruction of a father,
and be attentive in order to know insight.
2 For I have given you good instruction;
do not forsake my teaching.
3 When I was a son to my father,
tender and alone before my mother,
4 he taught me and said to me,
“May your heart hold fast to my words;
guard my commandments and live.
5 Get wisdom and insight;
do not forget and do not turn from the sayings of my mouth.
6 Do not forsake her—then she will guard you;
love her and she will keep you.
7 The beginning of wisdom: Get wisdom!
With all that is in your possession, gain insight.
8 Cherish her and she will exalt you;
she will honor you if you embrace her.
9 She will give a garland for your head;
she shall bestow a crown of glory upon you.”
The Right Path
10 Listen, my child, take my sayings,
and the years of your life shall be great.
11 In the way of wisdom I have instructed you;
I have led you in the path of uprightness.
12 ?When you walk?, your step will not be hampered,
and if you run, you will not stumble.
13 Seize the instruction! Do not let go!
Guard her, for she is your life.
14 In the path of the wicked do not go;
do not walk in the way of those who do evil.
15 Avoid it; do not transgress it;
turn away from it and pass by.
16 For they will not sleep if they have not done wrong,
and they are robbed of their sleep if they do not cause stumbling.
17 For they ate the bread of wickedness,
and they drank the wine of violence.
18 But the path of the righteous ones is like the light of dawn,
leading and shining until the day ?is full?.
19 The way of the wicked ones is like deep darkness;
they do not know what they stumble over.
Lord’s Prayer
Daily Prayer
Almighty and ever-living God, You fulfilled Your promise by sending the gift of the Holy Spirit to unite disciples of all nations in the cross and resurrection of Your Son, Jesus Christ. By the preaching of the Gospel spread this gift to the ends of the earth; through the same 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.
