28 March 2016
Collects
Prayers developed from the daily readings
Monday 28 March 2016
Morning Prayer
Psalm
2
The
psalm begins with a rhetorical question on why the people and rulers of the
earth take little notice of God or actively work against God and his messiah.
God is described able to retaliate but instead sets up a king. The king is
God’s son and the nations to the ends of the earth are under the son’s
authority. All nations are counselled to be wise and serve in humility and take
refuge in him.
Isaiah
60: 1 – 11
This
section talks to Jerusalem. It is about the restoration of Jerusalem. God’s light has come so that you can stand up
and shine. People will gather from everywhere. Lift up your eyes and look. You
will be delighted in what they bring to celebrate you. People from other lands
and their kings will help to rebuild you.
John
20: 1 – 18
Mary
Magdalene goes to the tomb to mourn. The tomb is open so she immediately runs to
tell the disciples who check. They arrive back before her. They see the linen
wrappings folded neatly and no one inside the tomb. They realise Christ is
risen. Mary returns. She weeps then looks in the tomb. There she sees two
angels who ask why she is weeping. Then another voice asks her the same thing
from behind her and she thinks it is the gardener. She is prepared to get the
body (which would make her ritually unclean). The voice calls her by name and
she recognises Jesus. She calls him teacher. He tells her not to hold on to him
but to tell the others. She goes and tells them, “I have seen the Lord” (v.18).
Collect for Morning Prayer
Broken Hill NSW L Osburn |
Holy God, you are the God of mystery
and wonder. You restored Jerusalem. Your son, the
messiah, humbly, quietly restored to life, gently reveals himself to Mary. Through your
grace, give us a moment with you where we can take in your
overwhelming love so that we experience the revitalising joy of restoration through
Jesus Christ our Lord and the power of your Holy Spirit. Amen.
Monday 28 March 2016
Evening Prayer
Psalm
110
This
psalm is concerned with the installation of a king. The king sits at God’s
right hand and God is said to protect and support the king. The king is also a
priest. God is prepared to support the king.
Exodus
12: 1 – 20
This
is the story of the Passover with Moses and Aaron in Egypt receiving God’s
instructions to the Hebrews so that the Lord would pass over their homes and
they would be saved. There is too the instruction that this feast of the
Passover should be a perpetual celebration. There are instructions about not
working in this festival and eating unleavened bread.
1
Peter 1: 1 – 9
This
is Peter’s letter to early Christian communities. He blesses God and Christ for
the new life into a living hope won through Christ’s death and resurrection.
What we have cannot fade away- it is everlasting and eternal. Peter acknowledges
the communities have been through tough times. It is worth it for the outcome
of faith is salvation of our souls.
Collect for Evening Prayer
Bottle brush Broken Hill NSW L Osburn |
Faithful and steadfast God you are
with us and care for us. We thank you for the redemption of our souls won by
Christ for all time. We give you thanks for this day and all the days to come. Motivate
us to praise and thank you always through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord
and the power of your Holy Spirit. Amen.
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