Sentence for the Week

You O Lord are in your holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before you.
Habakkuk 2:20

Collect for Reflection

Holy God, grant us the beginning of wisdom and love to cast out every fear; that we may grow more brave, more ready to hear, more ready to obey.
This we ask  through Christ our Lord.
AMEN.

 Readings:
Proverbs 31: 10-31                          Epilogue: the Wife of noble character
James 3: 13 - 4:3-8a                         Two kinds of Wisdom
Mark 9: 30-37                                      Jesus predicts his death a second time

Praying this week for....

• Lord, thank you that you tell us over and over again not to be afraid. Help us to trust and obey;
  
• Help us to seek your kingdom and trust that all things will be given to us;
  
• Bishop Steve and all who are leading, our Vestry and us;
  
• People in the world who are hungry and misplaced, and live in fear and hopelessness;
  
•  God's healing love works within us all.
  

                                                  “Trust and Obey.” ~ Luke 12:1-34