24 JULY 08
LECTIONARY READINGS
Morning Prayer: Psalm 10; 1 Samuel 17:17-27; Luke 18:31-end
Evening Prayer: Psalm 21:1-6 & 24; Micah 1:1-7a; Romans 3:1-20
REFLECTION
Today's Gospel reading, found in Morning Prayer, tells about Jesus walking toward Jerusalem. Along the way a blind man cries out, "Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me." Jesus has compassion on him and heals him.
With the many things in life that plague us with physical, emotional, spiritual, and moral illness, do we cry out to the Lord for His mercy? What are those things in your life that worry you, that you carry around as a weight on your back, that stresses you out, that depresses you? Write them down and decide what you want to do about them. You can either continue to try to carry the load by yourself, or you can invite the Lord's mercy into your life and thereby cooperate with His grace to find healing.
What about the people in your life that cry out in various to you for mercy? In what way are you Jesus to them? Do you provide mercy, and if not, why not? How might you change that?
Have a blessed day in Christ!
Fr. Greg
THE COLLECT FOR THE NINTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
Grant to us, Lord, we beseech thee, the spirit to think and do always such things as are right; that we, who cannot do any thing that is good without thee, may by thee be enabled to live according to thy will; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
THE SAINT OF THE DAY
None for today
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