Psalm 118:19-29
New International Version (NIV)
19 Open for me the gates of the righteous;
I will enter and give thanks to the Lord.
20 This is the gate of the Lord
through which the righteous may enter.
21 I will give you thanks, for you answered me;
you have become my salvation.
I will enter and give thanks to the Lord.
20 This is the gate of the Lord
through which the righteous may enter.
21 I will give you thanks, for you answered me;
you have become my salvation.
22 The stone the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;
23 the Lord has done this,
and it is marvelous in our eyes.
24 The Lord has done it this very day;
let us rejoice today and be glad.
has become the cornerstone;
23 the Lord has done this,
and it is marvelous in our eyes.
24 The Lord has done it this very day;
let us rejoice today and be glad.
25 Lord, save us!
Lord, grant us success!
Lord, grant us success!
26 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
From the house of the Lord we bless you.[a]
27 The Lord is God,
and he has made his light shine on us.
With boughs in hand, join in the festal procession
up[b] to the horns of the altar.
From the house of the Lord we bless you.[a]
27 The Lord is God,
and he has made his light shine on us.
With boughs in hand, join in the festal procession
up[b] to the horns of the altar.
28 You are my God, and I will praise you;
you are my God, and I will exalt you.
you are my God, and I will exalt you.
29 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
his love endures forever.
his love endures forever.
Monday
Give and it will be given to you.
A good measure, pressed down, shaken together,
running over, will be put into your lap.
running over, will be put into your lap.
Luke 6:38
Monday
Prayer
Worshiping you, Christ Jesus, in the presence of others is a
foretaste of the great feast that is to come on the Last Day. Though I love to gather with others to
worship you, O Lord, our worshiping community is sometimes marred by infighting
and petty divisions. Fill me with your
forgiveness as I take up the crosses of community. Let me be a peacemaker in my congregation so
that your love can be shared by all.
Amen.
Monday
Meditation
Our lives are full of losses, failures and disappointments –
disappointments of dreams, failures of hope, loss of friends, family or
health. Over time, there are more and
more things we can be negative about.
Resentment makes us cling to our failures or disappointments and
complain about the losses of our life.
There is always a lurking danger that we will respond to life’s
incredible pains with resentment.
Resentment gives us a hardened heart, and we become resentful
people. Gratitude in its deepest sense
means to live life as a gift to be received gratefully. But gratitude as the gospel speaks about it
embraces all of life: the good and the bad, the joyful and the painful, the
holy and the not so holy.
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Henri Nouwen
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