Prayer for Each Day

Lent 2
Holy Spirit enable us to bring peace into place of opposition, and to make visible by our lives
a reflection of God’s compassion. Yes, enable us to love and to express it by our lives.

Song

Psalm

My God, I trust you, let me not be disappointed;

do not let my enemies triumph.
Those who hope in you shall not be disappointed,
but only those who wantonly break faith.

Lord, make me know your ways.

Lord, teach me your paths.
Make me walk in your truth, and teach me,
for you are God my savior.

In you I hope all the day long

because of your goodness, O Lord.
Remember your mercy, Lord,
and the love you have shown from of old.
Do not remember the sins of my youth.
In your love remember me.

The Lord is good and upright,

showing the path to those who stray,
guiding the humble in the right path,
and teaching the way to the poor.
Reading

Paul wrote: God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us
even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—
by grace you have been saved—and raised us up with him and seated us with him in
the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 2,4-6

Gospel

Jesus said to his disciples: "I tell you,
unless your righteousness surpasses
that of the scribes and Pharisees, you
will not enter into the Kingdom of
heaven.
You have heard that it was said to your
ancestors, 'You shall not kill; and
whoever kills will be liable to
judgment.'
Settle with your opponent quickly while
on the way to court with him. Otherwise
your opponent will hand you over to
the judge, and the judge will hand you
over to the guard, and you will be
thrown into prison.
Amen, I say to you, you will not be
released until you have paid the last
penny."

But I say to you, whoever is angry with

his brother will be liable to judgment,
and whoever says to his brother, 'Raqa,'
will be answerable to the Sanhedrin,
and whoever says, 'You fool,' will be Silence.. (5-7 mins)
liable to fiery Gehenna.

Therefore, if you bring your gift to the

altar, and there recall that your brother
has anything against you,

leave your gift there at the altar, go

first and be reconciled with your
brother, and then come and offer your
gift.
Intercessions

For the victims of war and violence, O God, we pray.

For those wounded by the constraints and the harshness of life, O God, we pray.

For the elderly and the ill who are alone, O God, we pray.

For those who devote their energies to restoring peace, to creating justice, to helping
those who suffer, O God, we pray.

O Christ, you died and rose for us so that nothing can ever separate us from the love
of God.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be..

Prayer

Christ of compassion, through your Gospel we discover that measuring what we are
or what we are not leads nowhere. What matters is the humble trusting of faith. By it
we are led to glimpse the innocence of God and to understand that “all God can do is
give his love.”

Song

http://taize.fr/en