The sun of righteousness shall rise: Twenty-Third Sunday After Pentecost

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Welcome to the weekly Ordinary Time Daybook devotional post for the 24 weeks between Pentecost and Advent. Ordinary Time is the longest season of the church calendar - a season of working and resting with Christ as he brings God's kingdom on earth as it is in heaven. 

You can read here for a brief description of the liturgical season of Ordinary Time.

LOOK: Ronde au Soleil (Sun Circle), Pablo Picasso - Source | HT

LISTEN: With Healing In His Wings, Annie Herring - Spotify | YouTube

READ: Malachi 3:13—4:6; Psalm 98; 2 Thessalonians 3:6-16; Luke 21:5-19

Daily Readings for the Week of the Twenty-Third Sunday After Pentecost*:

Monday (11/14) Psalm 89; Habakkuk 2:1-4,9-20; James 2:14-26; Luke 16:19-31

Tuesday (11/15) Psalm 97, 99; Psalm 94; Habakkuk 3; James 3:1-12; Luke 17:1-10

Wednesday (11/16) Psalm 101, 109; Psalm 119:121-144; Malachi 1:1,6-14; James 3:13-4:12; Luke 17:11-19

Thursday (11/17) Psalm 105; Malachi 2:1-16; James 4:13-5:6; Luke 17:20-37

Friday (11/18) Psalm 102; Psalm 107:1-32; Malachi 3:1-12; James 5:7-12; Luke 18:1-8

Saturday (11/19) Psalm 107:33-43; Psalm 108; Psalm 33; Malachi 3:13-4:6; James 5:13-20; Luke 18:9-14

PRAY: Collect for Twenty-Third Sunday After Pentecost, the Book of Common Prayer

Stir up, O Lord, the wills of your faithful people, that bringing forth in abundance the fruit of good works, they may be abundantly rewarded when our Savior Jesus Christ comes to restore all things; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

DO: Make space for healing prayer this week, preferably in the company of a trusted spiritual friend.

“The sun of righteousness will rise, with healing in his wings.” Have you ever heard of a more beautiful promise?

In the week leading up to Christmas, we’ll return to this stunning image as one of the O Antiphons of worship. Perhaps today you could sing this verse as a little foretaste of Advent:

Sing the fifth verse of O Come, O Come, Emmanuel as today's prayer: 

O come, Thou Dayspring, from on high,
And cheer us by Thy drawing nigh;
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
And death's dark shadows put to flight.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.

A few thoughts some friends and I have shared through the years about wholeness and healing in the Body of Christ

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*Sunday Scripture readings are taken from Year C of the Book of Common Prayer 2019 (Anglican Church of North America). Daily Scripture readings are taken from the 1979 Book of Common Prayer and include both Morning and Evening Psalms (Year 2)