The Home Devotion Page

For the week before Sunday, March 7, 2010

Welcome to “The Home Devotion Page!” This is our weekly updated home resource for your daily devotional life. Each week we focus on one or more of the readings for the following Sunday through some background information, some questions, activities and prayers. There is material on this page for people of all ages. I hope you find it a useful tool that will help you to grow spiritually. Make use of which ever parts work for you and your family. Comments are very welcome, and can be sent to me at stjohnsquamish@shaw.ca

May God bless you,

Wendy Booth

The readings for Sunday, March 7, 2010

Isaiah 55.1-9

1 Corinthians 10.1-13

Luke 13.1-9

Your Home Devotion Time

Make or find a special place in your home that will be your place of quiet prayer. Light a candle (or a few). Place a cross, icon, or other item(s) of symbolic Christian meaning in this place. Be sure that you can sit comfortably.

The reading and study of scripture can be incorporated into your family prayer time very effectively. I would suggest using a good modern translation of the Bible, such as the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) which you will hear in Church; or for children, Today’s English Version (TEV) – the “Good News Bible” supplied to children of this parish.

The following is a skeleton outline of a possible prayer time with some prayers specific to the week. Please adapt it to suit you and your family.

Light candles / adjust lighting / get comfortable.

If Centering prayer is a part of your prayer life, this would be a good place to do a sit, or further down, as noted

Pray the Collect for Lent 2

Almighty God,

whose Son was revealed in majesty

before he suffered death upon the cross,

give us faith to perceive his glory,

that being strengthened by his grace

we may be changed into his likeness, from glory to glory;

who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,

one God, now and for ever.

Read (and study?) scripture passage(s) for next Sunday or from daily lectionary (see below)

Open prayer. “I/we thank you God today for…”

“I/we pray for (things around the world)…”

“I/we pray for (things closer to home)…”

“I/we pray for our bishop, Michael and for St. John the Divine – for Wendy our Priest in Charge; for Pam and Andrea and for our children and youth

“I/we pray for (people who need prayer) …

in our parish: Sarah, Beverly, Thomas, Alda, Harry, Vince, Cecile, Lorna, Rosa, Mary, Ruth, Wendy, Violetta, Cathie, Jodi, Lynne, Owen, Blair, Christine, Sheila, Gray, Madeline, Olivia, Jo, Owen, Donna, Andrew, Ed, Karen, Clinton, Frank, Bill, Don and Marge, Stewart, the clients of Awakenings, the residents of Hilltop House and the patients of Squamish Hospital…

I/we pray for my/our self(ves) … If you use the Anglican Rosary or Taizé chants as part of your family prayer time – it would fit in well here. This would also be a good place to do centering prayer.

The Lord’s Prayer:

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial, and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and for ever. Amen.

Daily Office Lectionary (selections from):

Sunday Feb 28- Psalms 8, 84/ Genesis 41.14-45/ John 5.19-24

Monday Mar 1 – Psalms 64, 65/ Genesis 41.46-57/ Mark 3.7-19a

Tuesday Mar 2– Psalm 68.1-20, 24-36/ Genesis 42.1-17/ Mark 3.19b-35

Wednesday Mar 3– Psalm 119.73-96/ Genesis 42.18-28/ Mark 4.1-20

Thursday Mar 4- Psalm 74/ Genesis 42.29-38/ Mark 2.21-34

Friday Mar 5– Psalm 73/ Genesis 43.1-15/ Mark 4.35-41

Saturday Mar 6– Psalms 23, 27 43/ Genesis 43.16-34/ Mark 5.1-20

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The Home Devotion Page

For the week before Sunday, March 14, 2010

May God bless you,

Wendy Booth

The readings for Sunday, March 14, 2010

Joshua 5. 9-12

2 Corinthians 5. 16-21

Luke 15. 1-3, 11b-32

Your Home Devotion Time

The following is a skeleton outline of a possible prayer time with some prayers specific to the week. Please adapt it to suit you and your family.

Light candles / adjust lighting / get comfortable.

If Centering prayer is a part of your prayer life, this would be a good place to do a sit, or further down, as noted

Pray the Collect for Lent 3

Father of mercy,

alone we have no power in ourselves to help ourselves.

When we are discouraged by our weakness,

strengthen us to follow Christ,

our pattern and our hope;

who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,

one God, now and for ever.

Read (and study?) scripture passage(s) for next Sunday or from daily lectionary (see below)

Open prayer. “I/we thank you God today for…”

“I/we pray for (things around the world)…”

“I/we pray for (things closer to home)…”

“I/we pray for our bishop, Michael and for St. John the Divine – for Wendy our Priest in Charge; for Pam and Andrea and for our breakfast program - Debbie

“I/we pray for (people who need prayer) …

The Lord’s Prayer:

Daily Office Lectionary (selections from):

Sunday Mar 7- Psalm 34/ Genesis 44.1-7/ John 5.25-29

Monday Mar 8 – Psalm 77/ Genesis 44.18-34/ Mark 5.21-43

Tuesday Mar 9– Psalm 78.40-72/ Genesis 45.1-15/ Mark 6.1-13

Wednesday Mar 10– Psalms 81, 82/ Genesis 45.16-28/ Mark 6.13-29

Thursday Mar 11- Psalms 85, 86/ Genesis 46.1-7, 28-34/ Mark 6.30-46

Friday Mar 12– Psalms 91, 92/ Genesis 47.1-26/ Mark 6.47-56

Saturday Mar 13– Psalm 136/ Genesis 47.27--48.7/ Mark 7.1-23

reserved. Reproduced under license from ABC Publishing, Anglican Book Centre, a

ministry of the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada, from Anglican

Liturgical Licensing. Further copying is prohibited.