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From “Common Prayer: A Liturgy For Ordinary Radicals” (Jan. 25th, p. 117-118)

O Lord, let my soul rise up to meet you
as the day rises to meet the sun.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

Come let us sing to the Lord: let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation.

Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heaven: your faithfulness extends to the sky.

Psalm 119:73-76
Your hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.
Those who fear you will be glad when they see me: because I trust in your word.
I know, O Lord, that your judgments are right: and that in faithfulness your have afflicted me.
Let your loving-kindness be my comfort: as you have promised to your servant.

Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heaven: your faithfulness extends to the sky.

Genesis 17:15-27                  Ephesians 3:14-21

Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heaven: your faithfulness extends to the sky.

Twentieth-century Russian Georges Florovsky wrote, “Christianity entered history as a new social order, or rather a new social dimension. From the very beginning Christianity was not primarily a ‘doctrine,’ but exactly a ‘community.’ There was not only a ‘Message’ to be proclaimed and delivered, and ‘Good News’ to be declared. There was precisely a New Community, distinct and peculiar, in the process of growth and formation, to which members were called and recruited. Indeed, ‘fellowship’ (koinonia) was the basic category of Christian existence.”

Prayers for Others

Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil, for thine is the Kingdom, the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.

Lord, when one of us hungers, make it our instinct to feed. When one of us is displaced, make it our instinct to share our home. When one of us is called illegal, make it our instinct to advocate for our sister’s rights. May we find our peace in the peace of the places to which you have called us. Amen.

May the peace of the Lord Christ go with you,
wherever he may send you.
May he guide you through the wilderness,
protect you through the storm.
May he bring you home rejoicing,
at the wonders he has shown you.
May he bring you home rejoicing,
once again into our doors. Amen