Sunday, February 24, 2013 - Second Sunday in Lent

Worship: 8 & 10:45 am; Adult Forum 9:30: "Lectio Divina: Scripture in Prayer"

Gen. 15:1-12; 17-18; Ps.27; Phil. 3:17-4:1; Luke 13:31-35

Keep me, O God,

            from the little, the interfering, and the stupid;

from the infection of irritation and anger over nothings;

            Deliver me, and keep me, O my God.

from all promptings to decry the person or works of others;

from scorn, sarcasm, petty spite, and whisperings behind the back;

from the dishonest honesty of frankness meant to hurt;

            Deliver me, and keep me, O my God.

from hasty judgments, biased judgments, cruel judgments, and all pleasure in them;

from resentment over disapproval or reproof, whether just or unjust;

            Deliver me, and keep me, O my God.

from all imposition of my own fads and interest on my companions;

from burdening and boring others with my own anxieties and ailments;

from self-justification, self-excusing, and complacency;

            Deliver me, and keep me, O my God.

(Dean Eric Milner-White)