To Turn Will Be Our Delight: Ordinary Time Daybook for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost

Welcome to the weekly Ordinary Time Daybook devotional post for the 22 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: Square C. Fourier, Project management: City of Vitry-sur-Seine (Source)

A zigzagging central path in the middle of a low-lying meadow liable to flooding has made it possible to re-center this public garden between an inhabited district and the river and to make it visually very accessible. On both sides, platforms designed as small islands in the middle of the meadow accommodate chairs and children's games.

Listen*: Simple Gifts, Yo-Yo Ma & Alison Krauss - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube 

Read**: Malachi 3:6-12; Psalm 96; 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10; Matthew 22:15-22 

Sunday (10/18) Psalm 148-150; Psalm 114-115; 1 Corinthians 10:1-13; Matthew 16:13-20

Monday (10/19) Psalm 25, 9, 15; Revelation 7:1-8; Luke 9:51-62

Tuesday (10/20) Psalm 26, 28, 36, 39; Revelation 7:9-17; Luke 10:1-16

Wednesday (10/21) Psalm 38, 119:25-48; Revelation 8:1-13; Luke 10:17-24

Thursday (10/22) Psalm 37; Revelation 9:1-12; Luke 10:25-37

Friday (10/23) Psalm 31, 35; Revelation 9:13-21; Luke 10:38-42

Saturday (10/24) Psalm 30, 32, 42-43; Revelation 10:1-11; Luke 11:1-13

Pray: Book of Common Prayer 2019, Collect for the Twentieth Sunday After The Pentecost

Set us free, loving Father, from the bondage of our sins, and in your goodness and mercy give us the liberty of that abundant life which you have made known to us in our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Do: Read this month’s issue of Silencio, a spiritual formation resource from the organization I belong to as a Spiritual Director. This month’s thematic focus is Withholding Judgment and is written by  Br. David Vryhof (a real-life monk whom I've met and learned from in real life!).

An excerpt:

"The Desert Fathers and Mothers were convinced that a growing humility characterized by the refusal to pass judgment on others was a sign that one was being drawn to God. They believed that those who encountered God and themselves on the spiritual path would learn to see themselves as they truly were and would soon lose all appetite for judging others. They would come to a right estimation of themselves, fully aware that they were both beloved children of God and sinners in need of redemption just like everyone else! They would recognize their own shadow sides and know that they bore within themselves that which they were prone to condemn in others."

This week, practice withholding judgment: Consider the person(s) or situation(s) about which you are most likely to complain. Examine your thoughts and feelings towards them. Ask for the grace to see them in a new light and to speak of them in a new way.

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