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Lent Daybook, 27: Hear My Prayer

Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40 days of prayer. Click through the link to see the full post.

Look: Leaping Flames, Lyon County, Kansas, 2009, Larry Swarm - Source

Listen: “O Lord Hear My Prayer” from Taizé Reflections, Vol. 1, Various Artists - Spotify | YouTube | Lyrics

Read: Psalm 102; Jeremiah 23:1-8; Romans 8:28-39; John 6:52-59

Pray: from Romans 8:31-32

Do: Spend 15 minutes in silence. Reflect prayerfully on the previous week.

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Advent Daybook, 15: With Thanksgiving

An Advent daybook for these 24 days of prayerful expectation. Join me, won't you?

For an introduction read this post: Advent Daybook explained. You can see previous Advent daybook 2018 posts here.

Look: The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth, the Young John the Baptist and Two Angels, Raphael

Listen: “I Am Sure I Shall See the Goodness of the Lord” from Christe Lux Mundi, Taizé

Read: Zephaniah 3:14-20, Isaiah 12:2-6, Philippians 4:4-7, Luke 3:7-18

Pray: “Stir up your power, O Lord, and with great might come among us; and, because we are sorely hindered by our sins, let your bountiful grace and mercy speedily help and deliver us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory, now and for ever. Amen.” (Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Third Sunday in Advent)

Do: For the next 7 days of Advent, we’ll be joining in with countless Christians over the centuries who pray the “O Antiphons” the week before Christmas. Read some of the history in the links provided.

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