Week One
Saturday Morning
Greeting and Doxology
PSALM 119: 169-176
May I live to praise you, upheld by our word.
I rejoice before you, Lord,
let your word bring me light.
Hear my prayer,
rescue me as you promise.
May praise be on my lips,
because you taught me your rule.
May praise be on my tongue,
because your commands are just.
Reach out and lead me,
I choose your path.
I long to be safe, Lord,
your law is my delight.
May I live to praise you,
upheld by your word.
If I stray like a lost sheep,
seek out your servant
for I never forget your laws.
READING
2 Peter 1:10-11
Brothers and sisters, be all the more eager to confirm your call and election, for if you do this, you will never stumble. For in this way, entry into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly provided for you.
CANTICLE OF ZECHARIAH
Draw me to yourself, O God of mercy, and I shall live.
Praise the Lord, the God of Israel,
who shepherds the people and sets them free.
God raises from David’s house
a child with power to save.
Through the holy prophets
God promised in ages past
to save us from enemy hands,
from the grip of all who hate us.
The Lord favored our ancestors
recalling the sacred covenant,
the pledge to our ancestor Abraham,
to free us from our enemies,
so we might worship without fear
and be holy and just all our days.
And you child, will be called
Prophet of the Most High,
for you will come to prepare
a pathway for the Lord
by teaching the people salvation
through forgiveness of their sin.
Out of God’s deepest mercy
a dawn will come from on high,
light for those shadowed by death,
a guide for our feet on the way to peace.
INTERCESSIONS
Challenging God, refreshed by our rest we commit ourselves once again to walk the path of life.
You invite us to walk with you:
~ Deepen our faith.
You call us to mirror your Spirit:
~ Inflame our hearts with love.
You ask us to attend to your word:
~ Open our ears.
You prod us to tear down and to build up:
~ Strengthen our conviction.
You challenge us to abandon sinfulness:
~ Purify our hearts.
You promise us unending life:
~ Be our hope.
THE LORD’S PRAYER
PRAYER
God of Miriam and Moses, you led your people through the desert. You guided them by day and night and made with them your covenant of love. Let us walk with you in faithfulness, following the way shown to us by Jesus and the prophets. Be with us our journey, O God of mercy. Amen.
BLESSING
May God’s blessing be upon us. Amen
May God’s light lead us in the way of Righteousness. Amen.
May our lives be patterned on Christ Jesus. Amen.