Daily Prayer Friday June 21

The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and

contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

• Morning Psalms 51; 148
• First Reading 1 Samuel 3:1-21
• Second Reading Acts 2:37-47
• Gospel Reading Luke 21:5-19
• Evening Psalms 142; 65

Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation. In the beginning you separated light from darkness and placed all your works in our hands. You have given us the light of day that we might see your wonders in all we say and do; you give us the gentle darkness of the night that we might rest from our burdens and be refreshed in body and spirit. How great is your love, how wide is your mercy! Never let us board up the narrow gate that leads to life with rules or doctrines that you dismiss; but give us a Spirit to welcome all people with affection, so that your church may never exclude secret friends of yours, who are included in the love of Jesus Christ, who came to save us all. Keep us close together in your Spirit, breaking bread in faith and love, one with Jesus Christ our Lord and Master. (Add your prayers.) Amen.

• The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
  (Opening sentences, prayers, and blessings are from the Book of Common Worship. Readings are from the daily lectionary in Daily Prayer. Both are published by Westminster/John Knox Press.)