Tyler Street Almanac- May 11-17, 2009

Daily Lectionary- May 11-16
(The Old Testament reading for this week comes from the Apocryphal book of Wisdom,
which is not found in most Protestant Bibles. I have therefor left it off.)

Monday:
Psalms 56
Colossians 3:18-4:18
Luke 7:36-50

Tuesday:
Psalms 61
Romans 12:1-21
Luke 8:1-15

Wednesday:
Psalms 72
Romans 13:1-14
Luke 8:16-25

Thursday:
Psalms 71
Romans 14:1-12
Luke 8:26-39

Friday:
Psalms 106:1-18
Romans 14:13-23
Luke 8:40-56

Saturday:
Psalms 106:19-48
Romans 15:1-13
Luke 9:1-17

Prayer:

Almighty and everlasting God,
you are always more ready to hear than we to pray,
and give more than either we desire or deserve.
Pour down upon us the abundance of your mercy,
forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid and
giving us those good things which we are not worthy to ask
save through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ your Son our Lord;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Food for thought:

“The Christian vocation is to be in prayer, in the Spirit, at the place where the world is in pain, and as we embrace that vocation, we discover it to be the way of following Christ, shaped according to his messianic vocation to the cross, with arms outstretched, holding on simultaneously to the pain of the world and to the love of God.”

N.T. Wright, The Challenge of Jesus, p.190

Worship Preparation:

May 17, 2009 8:30 and 10:50 am
Sixth Sunday of Easter
One or more of the following Scriptures will be used:

Acts 10:44-48; Psalm 98 (United Methodist Hymnal 818)
1 John 5:1-6; John 15:9-17

Devotional Link of the Week:

A Plain Account of Christian Perfection- John Wesley.