Merciful Lord though I was not worthy to be in Your presence by my frequent disobedience, nor did I merit Your kindness, You have shown me mercy and love.
Though I have been blind and deaf to Your Word, You have shown me mercy and love.
Though I have been crippled by my sins and lame in my service, You have shown me mercy and love.
Let me now be a beacon of Your mercy and love. Let me be merciful and loving to those who cannot fend for themselves, who are in need. Let me be merciful and loving to those who live in the darkness of sin, let me bring Your light. Let me be merciful and loving to all who criticise, reject and persecute me especially those who do so for the work I do in Your name. Let it all be for the Glory of Your name, who live and reign with God our Father and the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever. Amen
FIRST READING
Romans 11:29–36
GOSPEL
Luke 14:12–14
On a sabbath Jesus went to dine at the home of one of the leading Pharisees. He said to the host who invited him, “When you hold a lunch or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or sisters or your relatives or your wealthy neighbors, in case they may invite you back and you have repayment. Rather, when you hold a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind; blessed indeed will you be because of their inability to repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
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