During Holy Week, Readings and Meditations will be posted up to four times a day around  6 am, 12 pm, 3 pm, 6 pm

Psalm 71:1-14

¹   In you, O LORD, I take refuge;
let me never be put to shame.
²   In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me;
incline your ear to me and save me.
³   Be to me a rock of refuge,
a strong fortress, to save me,
for you are my rock and my fortress.

⁴   Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked,
from the grasp of the unjust and cruel.
⁵   For you, O Lord, are my hope,
my trust, O LORD, from my youth.
⁶   Upon you I have leaned from my birth;
it was you who took me from my mother’s womb.
My praise is continually of you.

⁷   I have been like a portent to many,
but you are my strong refuge.
⁸   My mouth is filled with your praise,
and with your glory all day long.
⁹   Do not cast me off in the time of old age;
do not forsake me when my strength is spent.
¹⁰  For my enemies speak concerning me,
and those who watch for my life consult together.
¹¹  They say, “Pursue and seize that person
whom God has forsaken,
for there is no one to deliver.”

¹²  O God, do not be far from me;
O my God, make haste to help me!
¹³  Let my accusers be put to shame and consumed;
let those who seek to hurt me
be covered with scorn and disgrace.
¹⁴  But I will hope continually,
and will praise you yet more and more.

• Light a candle to remember Christ’s presence with you.
• Sit five to fifteen minutes in silence bringing your attention to the Breath.
• In you, Creator, I take refuge.
• Recreate me.
• In you, Redeemer, I take refuge.
• Redeem me.
• In you, Sustainer, I take refuge.
• Comfort me.
• Notice the praise that arises as you are covered with love and grace and mercy.
• What is your message from God?
• Give thanks to God for this time in prayer and for any new insights you have received.
• Share as you feel led in the reply box below.