Pentecost 7

Lectionary Bible Readings

2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19
Psalm 24
Ephesians 1:3-14
Mark 6:14-29

This spacious earth is all the Lord’s,
And men, and worms, and beasts, and birds:
He raised the building on the seas,
And gave it for their dwelling-place.

From the hymn “Saints dwell in heaven”
by Isaac Watts based on PSALM 24
https://pledgett.org/2020/01/24/praying-psalm-24/

Please pray for

• Wisdom, patience and strength for all in Greater Sydney as they battle the spread of Covid 19
• For healing of this land and her First Nations Peoples.
• Ugandan Bible Studies leaders Dan and Andrew have asked for prayer for their families, communities and country as it battles an overwhelming surge in Covid 19 infections. Uganda’s President Museveni has called a public holiday for the nation to pray to God for the country’s Covid dilemma.

Giving Thanks

For the expanding grandeur of creation, worlds known and unknown, galaxies beyond galaxies, filling us with awe and challenging our imaginations:

We give thanks this day.

For this fragile planet earth, its times and tides,
its sunsets and seasons:

We give thanks this day.

Eugene Pickett (complete thanksgiving prayer at https://www.xavier.edu/jesuitresource/online-