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PRAY NOW: TODAY'S PRAYER
Hospitality
Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained
angels without knowing it.
Prayer
Hospitality
A pause on the journey
A place of welcome
Encounter, exchange
Hospitality
A watering hole for the Spirit
A place of nourishment
Renewed, refreshed
Hospitality
A sanctuary for the fearful
A place of safe haven
Restful, secure
Hospitality
An oasis for those in the wilderness
A place of shelter to
Ponder, wonder
Lord Jesus
Host of the table
Host to the pilgrim
Journeying with us to those breathing spaces of welcome
That feed us enough to set us out again.
Following your example
May we too play host and hospitaller
Opening the doors of our hearts and homes to
Family
Friends
Strangers
And maybe, without knowing it,
the occasional Angel.
Readings
Genesis 18:1–16 Abraham and Sarah welcoming strangers in the desert
Deuteronomy 10:18–19 Ancient rule of hospitality and community
Psalm 84 How lovely is your dwelling place
Psalm 113
John 13:1–20 Mary of Bethany anoints Jesus
Luke 10:1–12 Sending out of the 72
Luke 14:7–14 Parable of the wedding feast
Prayer activity
Where are the places that you would call home? What makes a place feel safe and
secure? Who or what makes a place a hospitable place to be and or stay? Think
through the hospitable people and places of your life journey and give thanks for
them.
Prayer for the Church
The Community which surrounds our Church building and from which our
congregation is drawn - its commercial, agricultural and recreational institutions
and residential areas
especially the support and advice provided through the Parish Development Fund and
Emerging Ministries Fund to encourage good church/community interaction.
Blessing
We saw a stranger yesterday.
We put food in the eating place,
drink in the drinking place,
music in the listening place
and in the sacred name of the triune God
He blessed us and our house,
our cattle and our dear ones.
As the lark says in her song:
Often, often, often goes Christ in the stranger's guise.
Celtic rune of hospitality
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