Sunday, February 1, 2009

prayer for today

This is the prayer of the Church for today (the Sunday starting the 4th week of Epiphany) from The Book of Daily Prayer I am using this year.

"Lord, You love the poor and show compassion to the weak. Let Your church set aside all claim to wealth and power, and stand with the poor of the earth."

and then the Responsorial Prayer for the day was Psalm 99:4-5 ->
"The King is mighty, He loves justice--You have established equity; in Jacob You have done what is just and right. Exalt the LORD our God and worship at His footstool; He is holy."

And reading Proverbs 31 yesterday included these words in 31:8-9 ->
"Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy."

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