Proper 12 (17)
July 27, 2025
Hosea 1:2-10 or Genesis 18:20-32
Psalm 85 or Psalm 138
Colossians 2:6-15 (16-19)
Luke 11:1-13
O eternal one, we thank you for the rains which been so steady this week, reminding us that you replenish our earth. We thank you for your faithfulness to us.
We confess that we frequently do not know how to address you. Our words fail us because we fail to bring to you our complete selves. We want to present the Sunday side of ourselves and hide the chaos, frustration, and inner turmoil which are also parts of us. When we feel as bereft as did Job we fail to rage and so we fail to make contact with you. O God of the storm as well as of the peaceful quiet, teach us how to progress on our spiritual journeys.
Teach us to pray as Jesus taught his friends.
Teach us what is important and enable us to bring what is important to you in prayerful conversation.
Teach us the kind of trust that confidently relies upon you to provide us our daily bread.
Teach us about the link between asking for forgiveness and being willing to forgive others.
Teach us how to be strong in the face of temptation.
Teach us how to commit all to your rule, to trust your power, to behold your glory.
We pray for our nation which is engaged in political dialogue. We pray that respect and decency will prevail over what is often a rancorous process. We pray that the ancient vision of justice may be more completely realized in this land and in the world.
We also pray for our world. Where hatred prevails we pray that human hearts might change. May all peoples give up ways of relating which are destructive. We have all nurtured enmity over and over again which only pushes peace farther and farther away. Help us to give up such foolishness and work for peace. Amen
July 27, 2025
Hosea 1:2-10 or Genesis 18:20-32
Psalm 85 or Psalm 138
Colossians 2:6-15 (16-19)
Luke 11:1-13
O eternal one, we thank you for the rains which been so steady this week, reminding us that you replenish our earth. We thank you for your faithfulness to us.
We confess that we frequently do not know how to address you. Our words fail us because we fail to bring to you our complete selves. We want to present the Sunday side of ourselves and hide the chaos, frustration, and inner turmoil which are also parts of us. When we feel as bereft as did Job we fail to rage and so we fail to make contact with you. O God of the storm as well as of the peaceful quiet, teach us how to progress on our spiritual journeys.
Teach us to pray as Jesus taught his friends.
Teach us what is important and enable us to bring what is important to you in prayerful conversation.
Teach us the kind of trust that confidently relies upon you to provide us our daily bread.
Teach us about the link between asking for forgiveness and being willing to forgive others.
Teach us how to be strong in the face of temptation.
Teach us how to commit all to your rule, to trust your power, to behold your glory.
We pray for our nation which is engaged in political dialogue. We pray that respect and decency will prevail over what is often a rancorous process. We pray that the ancient vision of justice may be more completely realized in this land and in the world.
We also pray for our world. Where hatred prevails we pray that human hearts might change. May all peoples give up ways of relating which are destructive. We have all nurtured enmity over and over again which only pushes peace farther and farther away. Help us to give up such foolishness and work for peace. Amen