Wait with Eager Longing: Ordinary Time Daybook for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
I'm looking forward to sharing with you a weekly(ish) 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: The Weeders, by Jules Breton (Source)
Listen*: Your Love Endures, Darren and Jessie Clarke - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube
Read**: Psalm 86; Romans 8:18-25; Matthew 13:24-30,34-43
Daily Office Readings from the Book of Common Prayer for the coming week:
Monday (7/20) Psalm 41, 54, 42; Joshua 7:1-13; Romans 13:8-14; Matthew 26:36-46
Tuesday (7/21) Psalm 45, 47, 48; Joshua 8:1-22; Romans 14:1-12; Matthew 26:47-56
Wednesday (7/22) Psalm 119:49-72; Psalm 49; Joshua 8:30-35; Romans 14:13-23; Matthew 26:57-68
Thursday (7/23) Psalm 50, 66, 67; Joshua 9:3-21; Romans 15:1-13; Matthew 26:69-75
Friday (7/24) Psalm 40, 54, 51; Joshua 9:22-10:15; Romans 15:14-24; Matthew 27:1-10
Saturday (7/25) Psalm 55, 138, 139:1-17-23; Joshua 23:1-16; Romans 15:25-33; Matthew 27:11-23
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for Seventh Sunday After The Pentecost
O God, you declare your almighty power chiefly in showing mercy and pity: Grant us the fullness of your grace, that we, running to obtain your promises, may become partakers of your heavenly treasure; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and 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 Rest and is written by (the wonderful!) Adele Ahlberg Calhoun.
Here are a few highlights:
~ Take a body inventory. What do your shoulders feel like? Your neck? Where do you hold tension in your body? What exhausts you? What is your body saying to you about your need for rest?
~ Listen deeply to what your body feels: headaches, passions, stiff neck, sweaty palms, likes and dislikes. Notice the butterflies in the stomach, the soft addictions and the memories that play back in tapes we can’t turn off. Bodies store memories that shape us. What memories keep you in slavery to earning an identity? Were you rewarded for not being who you are? Did you feel unwanted? Unworthy? Like you didn’t belong?
~ We may feel we can’t take time for rest. Look for a few hours in the next week to honor your need to rest. Design a perfect day, or several hours, of rest and recreation for yourself. What did you include? What did you exclude? Who can help you schedule it
~ Choose something to rest your body, something to rest your mind and something to rest your soul this week.
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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)