Highlights:May the light of love be shining deep within your spirit.
May the torch of mercy clear the path and show the way.
May the horn of plenty sound so everyone can hear it.
May the light of love be with you every day.
Responsive Reading for November 19
“The LORD is my shepherd …. You set a table before me in front of my enemies …. my cup overflows. Indeed, goodness and mercy will pursue me all the days of my life; I will dwell in the house of the LORD for endless days” (Ps. 23).
As we come around to take our places at the table, a moment to remember and reflect upon our wealth. Here’s to loving friends and family, here’s to being able to gather here together in good company and health. (May the light of love be shining deep within your spirit!)
“For the LORD, your God, is the God of gods, the Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who has no favorites, accepts no bribes, who executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and loves the resident alien, giving them food and clothing. So you too should love the resident alien, for that is what you were in the land of Egypt” (Deut. 10:17-19).
As we bless our daily bread and drink our day’s libation,
May we be reminded of the lost and wayward soul,
The hungry and the homeless that we have in every nation.
May we fill each empty cup and bowl. (May the torch of mercy clear the path and show the way!)
“When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not be so thorough that you reap the field to its very edge, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest. Likewise, you shall not pick your vineyard bare, nor gather up the grapes that have fallen. These things you shall leave for the poor and the alien. I, the LORD, am your God…. When an alien resides with you in your land, do not mistreat such a one. You shall treat the alien who resides with you no differently than the natives born among you; you shall love the alien as yourself; for you too were once aliens in the land of Egypt. I, the LORD, am your God” (Leviticus 19:9-10; 33-4).
May we wish the best for every one that we encounter.
May we swallow pride and may we do away with fear.
For it’s only what we do not know that we have grown afraid of
And only what we do not choose to hear. (May the horn of plenty sound so everyone can hear it!)
“Enter the temple gates with praise, its courts with thanksgiving. Give thanks to God, bless his name; good indeed is the LORD, whose love endures forever, whose faithfulness lasts through every age” (Ps. 100).
May the light of love be shining deep within your spirit.
May the torch of mercy clear the path and show the way.
May the horn of plenty sound so everyone can hear it.
May the light of love be with you every day.