Daily Office Readings for Tuesday of Proper 26: Year 1
Morning, Psalms 61 and 62; Evening, Psalm 68:
Nehemiah 12:27 to 31a, and 42b to 47; Revelation 11:1 to 19; Matthew 13:44 to 52:
“The earth shook, and the skies poured down rain, at the presence of God, the God of Sinai, at the presence of God, the God of Israel. You sent a gracious rain, O God, upon your inheritance; you refreshed the land when it was weary:” (These are two verses from Psalm 68)
I once watched a video where people (many women and children of southern Madagascar) were starving due to global climate change. For them climate change is not political, it is life, or should I say, the ending of it. To read these words of a gracious rain in today’s Psalm 68 I thought how wonderful it would be for God to have it rain for these people, even in spite of the ecological negligence the rest of us perpetrate on them, and others like them.
The words regarding God providing rain are a small part of Psalm 68 but affirms the loving care of God for those forgotten, forgotten by us but not forgotten by God. That God would have me catch this television article on the day of the words of Psalm 68 is no coincidence. That I am sharing these words with you is also no coincidence. You and I need to advocate for the downtrodden on our planet, this fragile earth our island home.`
Today we remember Adeline Blanchard Tyler and her Companions and their information may be found at: Adeline Blanchard Tyler
As we listen to what the Spirit of God is saying to us, let us live to love and to serve, and to teach others to love and to serve, while pondering anew what the Almighty can do. John
Let us pray: For Rain (BCP p. 828)
O God, heavenly Father, who by thy Son Jesus Christ hast promised to all those who seek thy kingdom and its righteousness all things necessary to sustain their life: Send us, we entreat thee, in this time of need, such moderate rain and showers, that we may receive the fruits of the earth, to our comfort and to thy honor; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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