God, our help and
shield; we trust in you.
Forgive how quickly we
have turned aside
from the way that you
have commanded us.
Jesus blessed the pure
in heart; ours are impure.
Forgive us, and teach us
to devote ourselves to you
in prayer, always keeping
alert in it with thanksgiving.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 97; 145; 124; 115
Exod. 32:1-20
Col. 3:18-4:18
Matt. 5:1-10
Selected Verses
Ps. 115:4
O Israel, trust in the LORD!
He is their help and their shield.
He is their help and their shield.
Exod. 32:8
“…[your people] have been quick to turn aside from the way
that I commanded them; they have cast for themselves an image of a calf, and
have worshiped it and sacrificed to it, and said, 'These are your gods, O
Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!'" [The LORD to
Moses]
Col. 4:2
Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with
thanksgiving.
Matt. 5:8
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. …” [Jesus to the crowds on the mountain]
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