The Congregation at Prayer
A Guide for Daily Meditation and Prayer
For the Week of the Holy Trinity
May 18 through May 24, 2008
The Order of Meditation and Prayer
Pray and confess out loud as much from the order of meditation and prayer as you are able,
or as your family size and ages dictate. Learn by heart the verse, catechism, and hymn of the week.
Theme: Love Your Neighbor as Yourself
Invocation
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth.
And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
Verse: Leviticus 19:18b
But you shall love your neighbor as yourslf. I am the Lord.(ESV)
Psalm 33 and/or the appointed daily psalms listed below.
| Tuesday | 5 | 4,6 |
| Wednesday | 8,9 | 7 |
| Thursday | 10 | 11,12 |
| Friday | 14,15 | 13 |
| Saturday | 18 | 16,17 |
The Catechism:
The commandments ... are summed up in this one rule: "Love your neighbor as yourself." Romans 13:9
I urge ... that requests, praryers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone. 1 Timothy 2:1
To Widows
The widow who is really in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day to pray and to ask God for help. But the wido who livs for pleasure is dead even while she lives. 1 Timothy 5:5-6
Readings for the Week of the Holy Trinity
Day
Reading
Read the Bible in a Year
Date
Old Testament
Morning
New Testament
Evening
Prayers: Collect for the Week, In Our Prayers at St. Paul
Collect for the Week of the Holy Trinity:
Almighty and everlasting God, You have given us grace to acknowledge the glofy of the eternal trinity by the confession of a true faith and to worship the Unity in the power of the Divine Majesty. Keep us steadfast in this faith and defend us from all adversities; for You, O Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, live and reign, one God, now and forever. Amen
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 and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen.
Morning Prayer
Evening Prayer
I thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have graciously kept me this day; and I pray that You would forgive me all my sins where I have done wrong, and graciously keep me this night. For into Your hands I commend myself, my body and soul, and all things. Let Your holy angel be with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me. Amen.
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Hymn of Week |
"Glory Be to God the Father" |
#518 |
Looking forward to the First Sunday after Trinity
May 25, 2008
Hymns:
797, 768, 851, 561, 708
Lessons:
Genesis 15:1-6; 1 John 4:16-21; Luke 16:19-31