Household Prayers
Week of July 28, 2024
Household Prayer: Morning[1]
Praise to you, O God most holy, Uncreated Light. I am thankful that in you there is no night. Let my morning prayer rise to you as blooming flowers turn to meet the sun. May I meet the adventure of this day open to the opportunities you give me to show the love and justice of Jesus Christ. May I be so filled with the Holy Spirit that peace and compassion radiate from me to bless others so that they are touched by your glory. Enrich my senses with the beauty of your world, my mind with wonder at your ways, and my spirit with gratitude for all that you prepare for the redemption of creation through Jesus Christ the Son. Pierce my heart with love, especially for those in any kind of need, so that I am moved to help where I can and moved to cry out for help if the need is greater than I can answer.
Spare others the consequences of my sin, and help me to be reconciled with those I have harmed in the past. Make me slow to anger, quick to forgive, and quicker still to confess my faults. In all things, let me trust in you. Let me finish the day as I begin it, in your care—in your gentle, merciful, loving hands, beloved and blessed triune God, whom I would worship and adore now and forever. Amen.
Household Prayer: Evening
Holy triune God,
Lord, have mercy,
Lord, have mercy,
Lord, have mercy.
Thank you for the love you have shown me today. The gifts of air, water, food, and clothing; the gifts of human and nonhuman companionship and community; the gift of the Spirit around me and Christ within me: all these gifts call for my deepest, highest praise to you.
Forgive me for the times today when I have failed to follow your guidance, submit to your rule, or glory in your majesty. Grant healing and peace to any whom I have harmed today; let them not suffer because of my sins.
Let us enter the night together, giving praise for your mercy and kindness. Grant that we will journey into night, led by your eternal Light, and that we may gain comfort, rest, and renewal, rising to a new day giving you thanks and praise until you bring resurrection to all creation. Amen.
Questions for Reflection
How does Christ feed you today?
[1] The Morning & Evening Prayer and Question for Reflection are reprinted by permission of Westminster John Knox Press from Feasting on the Word® Worship Companion. Copyright 2014.
Week of July 28, 2024
Household Prayer: Morning[1]
Praise to you, O God most holy, Uncreated Light. I am thankful that in you there is no night. Let my morning prayer rise to you as blooming flowers turn to meet the sun. May I meet the adventure of this day open to the opportunities you give me to show the love and justice of Jesus Christ. May I be so filled with the Holy Spirit that peace and compassion radiate from me to bless others so that they are touched by your glory. Enrich my senses with the beauty of your world, my mind with wonder at your ways, and my spirit with gratitude for all that you prepare for the redemption of creation through Jesus Christ the Son. Pierce my heart with love, especially for those in any kind of need, so that I am moved to help where I can and moved to cry out for help if the need is greater than I can answer.
Spare others the consequences of my sin, and help me to be reconciled with those I have harmed in the past. Make me slow to anger, quick to forgive, and quicker still to confess my faults. In all things, let me trust in you. Let me finish the day as I begin it, in your care—in your gentle, merciful, loving hands, beloved and blessed triune God, whom I would worship and adore now and forever. Amen.
Household Prayer: Evening
Holy triune God,
Lord, have mercy,
Lord, have mercy,
Lord, have mercy.
Thank you for the love you have shown me today. The gifts of air, water, food, and clothing; the gifts of human and nonhuman companionship and community; the gift of the Spirit around me and Christ within me: all these gifts call for my deepest, highest praise to you.
Forgive me for the times today when I have failed to follow your guidance, submit to your rule, or glory in your majesty. Grant healing and peace to any whom I have harmed today; let them not suffer because of my sins.
Let us enter the night together, giving praise for your mercy and kindness. Grant that we will journey into night, led by your eternal Light, and that we may gain comfort, rest, and renewal, rising to a new day giving you thanks and praise until you bring resurrection to all creation. Amen.
Questions for Reflection
How does Christ feed you today?
[1] The Morning & Evening Prayer and Question for Reflection are reprinted by permission of Westminster John Knox Press from Feasting on the Word® Worship Companion. Copyright 2014.
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Feasting on the Word ® Worship Companion. Copyright 2013.
Feasting on the Word ® Worship Companion. Copyright 2013.