God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Father of mercies and God of all consolation,
we bless your name.
You console us in our affliction;
console the lonely, we pray you,
the ones who have lost everything,
they who weep bitterly in the night.
We ask also the consolation
that comes with forgiveness;
forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive others.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 119:73-80; 145; 121; 6
Lam. 1:1-2, 6-12
2 Cor. 1:1-7
Mark 11:12-25
Selected Verses
Ps. 6:2
Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am languishing;
O LORD, heal me, for my bones are shaking with terror.
O LORD, heal me, for my bones are shaking with terror.
Lam. 1:1-2a
How lonely sits the city that once was full of people! How like a widow she has become, she that was great among the nations! She that was a princess among the provinces has become a vassal. She weeps bitterly in the night, with tears on her cheeks…
2 Cor. 1:3-4
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation, who consoles us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to console those who are in any affliction with the consolation with which we ourselves are consoled by God.
Mark 11:12-25
“Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.” [Jesus, to his disciples]
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