21 February 2015
Collects
Prayers
developed from the daily readings
Saturday 21
February 2015
Morning
Prayer
Psalms 121, 122 and 123
In these three psalms the themes are the eternal
faithfulness of God and how God cares for us; the joy and gladness we
experience as we enter the house of the Lord with a prayer for safety and peace
in Jerusalem, and finally, a prayer for deliverance from those who ridicule and
oppress us.
Genesis 38: 12 – 30
Judah’s troubled family life goes on. His daughter
dies, he fails to give his surviving daughter-in-law to his youngest son as
promised, she tricks Judah by pretending to be a prostitute and when she is
found out and threatened with death reveals the father’s identity. Judah admits
his fault. Twins are born: Perez and Kerah.
Luke 11: 5 – 13
Jesus explains the responsiveness of God: knock and
you will receive. We know that if we ask for something and persist people will
respond – if not out of friendship out of the persistence. We know too that
when our children ask for something we don’t give them something harmful – they
don’t always get what they want. God’s responses are much more than human
responses.
Collect for
Morning Prayer
Family of Emus Silver ton NSW 2015 L Osburn |
Saturday 21
February 2015
Evening Prayer
Psalm 119: 129 – 152
The psalmist declares a passion for the scripture and
the commandments. There is a request to
learn and know them better. There too is recognition that others do not share
this zeal and that leads to persecution. There is a plea to be saved from harm.
Jeremiah 24
This is Jeremiah’s vision of the baskets of figs.
Those who were taken in exile to Babylon are the good figs. They will recognise
God and God will watch over them and they will prosper, they will return to God
and eventually return to Judah. The bad figs are those remaining in Judah will
be destroyed.
Hebrews 2: 10 – 18
Jesus’s life, suffering, death and resurrection are
for humans. His real presence and real suffering makes him the faithful high
priest to make the atonement sacrifice. His suffering for our salvation helps
us when we are being tested and frees us from the oppression that comes from
our fear of death.
Collect for
Evening Prayer
Ruin Silverton NSW 2015 L Osburn |
Compassionate and loving God, your scriptures and commands
fill us with joy. Your gift of Jesus as the atonement sacrifice for us all
fills us with gratitude. Jesus’ breaking of the bonds of death fills us with
awe and wonder. Keep us in the knowledge of your love and faith in your
presence with us wherever we are so that even if we are exiled to another
country we will always be your people and you will always be our God, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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