Yoke of Freedom: Ordinary Time Daybook for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

I'm looking forward to sharing with you a weekly(ish) Ordinary Time Daybook devotional post for the remaining 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.

[Note: I'll be on vacation and away from my email and messages for the next couple of weeks. Peace of Christ to you, friends!]

Look:  Miriam's Song, Laura James (Source) 

Listen*:  Everybody Wants Freedom, Demonstrators at March in Selma - Spotify | YouTube 

Read**:  Zechariah 9:9-12; Psalm 145:1-21; Romans 7:21-8:6; Matthew 11:25-30 

Daily Office Readings from the Book of Common Prayer for the coming week:

Monday (7/6) Psalm 1-3, 7; Numbers 32:1-6,16-27; Romans 8:26-30; Matthew 23:1-12

Tuesday (7/7) Psalm 5-6, 10-11; Numbers 35:1-3,9-15,30-34; Romans 8:31-39; Matthew 23:13-26

Wednesday (7/8) Psalm 119:1-24; Psalm 12-14; Deuteronomy 1:1-18; Romans 9:1-18; Matthew 23:27-39

Thursday (7/9) Psalm 18; Deuteronomy 3:18-28; Romans 9:19-33; Matthew 24:1-14

Friday (7/10) Psalm 16-17, 22; Deuteronomy 31:7-13,24-32:4; Romans 10:1-13; Matthew 24:15-31

Saturday (7/11) Psalm 20-21; Psalm 110:1-5-7, 116, 117; Deuteronomy 34:1-12; Romans 10:14-21; Matthew 24:32-51

Pray:  Book of Common Prayer, Collect for Fifth Sunday After The Pentecost

Grant us, O Lord, we pray, the spirit to think and do always those things that are right, that we, who can do no good thing apart from you, may by you be enabled to live according to your will; 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).