Hallowing Your Name--May 31, 2011

In all that we say and do,
may your name be hallowed.

Let us not exalt ourselves,
forgetting who deserves exaltation,
who has led us through the wilderness.

When we were in trouble
we called upon you, and you answered.
God, let us not forget you now.

Spare us from our anger and our hubris,
for anger does not hallow your name
any more than does our pride.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 98; 146; 66; 116
Deut. 8:11-20
James 1:16-27
Luke 11:1-13

Selected Verses
Ps. 66:13-14
I will come into your house with burnt offerings;
      I will pay you my vows,
those that my lips uttered
      and my mouth promised when I was in trouble.

Deut. 8:14-15a
…then do not exalt yourself, forgetting the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, who led you through the great and terrible wilderness…

James 1:19-20
You must understand this, my beloved: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger; for your anger does not produce God’s righteousness.

Luke 11:2a
[Jesus] said to [his disciples], “When you pray, say:
      Father, hallowed be your name. …”