The Lord be with you.

And also with you.

This is the day the Lord has made.

Let us rejoice and be glad in it!

The Lord be with you.

And also with you.

This is the day the Lord has made.

Let us rejoice and be glad in it!

The Lord be with you.

And also with you.

This is the day the Lord has made.

Let us rejoice and be glad in it!

The Lord be with you.

And also with you.

This is the day the Lord has made.

Let us rejoice and be glad in it!

This is a space and time where we can

celebrate beauty,

lose ourselves in awe,

grow in gratitude,

lift up lament,

and be re-rooted in the Source of Life

who makes all things new.

Come, let us worship!

See how good, how pleasant it is

for kinfolk to live together as one!

It is like precious oil on Aaron’s head

running down on his beard,

running down to the collar of his robes.

It is like the dew of Mount Hermon,

falling on the hills of Zion.

For that is where God bestows the blessing—

life that never ends.

_ Psalm of the Day from The Inclusive Bible

My soul is troubled within me

therefore I will remember you.

Deep calls to deep in confusion

and all your waters sweep over me.

Yet by day God’s love assures me;

come night, a song leaves my lips,

a prayer to the God of my life.

I ask God, ‘Why have you forgotten me?’

Why should I walk like a mourner,

being taunted, ‘Where is your God?’

Why am I sunk in deep misery?

Why am I lost and distressed?

I shall put my hope in God,

in the One who is my deliverer.

_ Psalm of the Day from Iona Abbey Worship Book, revised edition.

Praise God! Praise God, O my soul!

As long as I live I’ll sing praise to my Maker.

Do not put your trust in human leaders,

in mortals who cannot save you.

When they stop breathing, they return to the earth;

on that day their plans perish.

Those whose joy knows no bounds

find their help and their hope in God.

God made the heavens and the earth,

the seas and all they contain.

God keeps faith, deals out justice,

and gives food to the hungry.

God sets the prisoners free

and opens the eyes that are blind.

- Psalm adaptation from Iona Abbey Worship Book, revised edition.

Psalm 130 & 131

For you, my God, I wait

with hope born of the Word.

Like sleepless ones who long to dream

I wait and call my Lord.

Lord, hear my pleading voice,

and let me know you hear!

As sleepless ones feel rest approach,

I know my God is near.

If you should list my faults,

the sins of heart and hand,

like sleepless ones who groan at dawn

I know I could not stand!

For even from the deep

I know you hear my cries.

Like sleepless ones who dream at last,

I ease my weary eyes.

And once my soul is still,

in you I find my rest,

at peace as though a child upon

a gentle mother’s breast.

O God, you are my hope;

I know that you forgive.

Your love redeems me from the depths

so I may rise and live.

- Psalm adaptation from Glory to God, 791

“God chose what the world considers foolish to shame the wise. God