My Family Prayer Book

  2022-May-15: Fifth Sunday of Easter   Opening prayer Lord our God, we bless you. As we come together to ponder the Scriptures, we ask you in your kindness to fill us with the knowledge of your will so that, pleasing you in all things, we may grow in every good work. We ask this through Christ our Lord. R/. Amen At this moment I would like to remember lift up our brother Norm Rousseau to our Lord with this little prayer: Go forth, Christian soul, from this world in the name of God the almighty Father, who created you, in the name of Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, who suffered for you, in the name of the Holy Spirit, who was poured out upon you, go forth, faithful Christian. May you live in peace this day, may your home be with God in Zion, with Mary, the Virgin Mother of God, with Joseph, and all the Angels and Saints. Acts 14:21-27 St Luke's book of The Acts of the Apostles describes St Paul’s apostolic mission in simple yet comprehensive terms: he was to be sent “far...

  Seventeenth Sunday Opening prayer Lord open our eyes that we may see you in our brothers and sisters. Lord open our ears that we may hear the cries of the hungry, the cold, the frightened, te oppressed Lord open our hearts that we may love each other as you love us Renew in us your Spirit Lord, free us and make us one in you Amen. 2 Kings 4:42-44 ​​The two books of Kings, which conclude Deuteronomy, present a 400 year historical period of ancient Israel and Judah, from the death of King David to the return from imprisonment in Babylon. Both Elijah and Elisha were major prophets of the Old Testament testifying for Yahweh against the Canaanite God Baal. Elijah was told in a dream that Elisha, a mere farmer, was to be his successor. Elisha leaves his home and follows his mentor Elijah. He also watches as Elijah is taken up to heaven in a chariot. Elisha is connected with 5 miracles and symbolic acts concerned with food.  For the first miracle, Elisha is able to give security to...