Readings
Psalms 9, 62, 73
Numbers 32:1-6, 16-27
Romans 8:26-30
Matthew 23:1-12
Selections
Psalm 9:13c
...you are the one who lifts me up from the gates of death...
Numbers 32:24
"...Build towns for your little ones, and folds for your flocks; but do what you have promised." [ Moses to the Gadites and Reubenites]
Romans 8:26
Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words.
Matthew 23:3
"...therefore, do whatever [ the scribes and Pharisees] teach you and follow it; but do not do as they do, for they do not practice what they teach..."
Meditation: In our weakness
Come to us, Holy Spirit,
in our weakness;
come to us who do not know
how to pray as we ought;
come to us and intercede
with sighs too deep for words.
O God, who lifts us up
from the gates of death,
show us what promises to make;
and strengthen us to keep our promises.
May what we teach be according to your word;
may what we do be according to what we teach.
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