Prayer of the Day

Amen.

¹²The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain, and wait there; and I will give you the tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction.” ¹³So Moses set out with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up into the mountain of God. ¹⁴To the elders he had said, “Wait here for us, until we come to you again; for Aaron and Hur are with you; whoever has a dispute may go to them.”
 ¹⁵Then Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. ¹⁶The glory of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days; on the seventh day he called to Moses out of the cloud. ¹⁷Now the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the sight of the people of Israel. ¹⁸Moses entered the cloud, and went up on the mountain. Moses was on the mountain for forty days and forty nights.

 

 ¹Why are the nations ^| in an uproar?
  Why do the peoples mutter ^| empty threats?
 ²Why do the kings of the earth rise up in revolt, and the princes ^| plot together,
  against the Lord and against the ^| Lord’s anointed?
 ³“Let us break their ^| yoke,” they say;
  “let us cast off their ^| bonds from us.”
 ⁴God whose throne is in heav- ^| en is laughing;
  the Lord holds them ^| in derision. R
 ⁵Then in wrath God ^| speaks to them,
  and in rage fills ^| them with terror.
 ⁶“As for me, I have anoint- ^| ed my king
  upon Zion, my ^| holy mountain.”
 ⁷Let me announce the decree ^| of the Lord,
  who said to me, “You are my son; this day have I be- ^| gotten you.
 ⁸Ask of me, and I will give you the nations for ^| your inheritance
  and the ends of the earth for ^| your possession. R
 ⁹You shall crush them with an ^| iron rod
  and shatter them like a ^| piece of pottery.”
 ¹⁰And now, you ^| kings, be wise;
  be warned, you rulers ^| of the earth.
 ¹¹Submit to the ^| Lord with fear,
  and with trembling ^| bow in worship;
 ¹²lest the Lord be angry, and you perish in a sudden ^| blaze of wrath.

  Happy are all who take ref- ^| uge in God! 

 

¹⁶For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we had been eyewitnesses of his majesty. ¹⁷For he received honor and glory from God the Father when that voice was conveyed to him by the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is my Son, my Beloved, with whom I am well pleased.” ¹⁸We ourselves heard this voice come from heaven, while we were with him on the holy mountain.
 ¹⁹So we have the prophetic message more fully confirmed. You will do well to be attentive to this as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. ²⁰First of all you must understand this, that no prophecy of scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation, ²¹because no prophecy ever came by human will, but men and women moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.

 

¹Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. ²And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white. ³Suddenly there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him. ⁴Then Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here; if you wish, I will make three dwellings here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” ⁵While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud a voice said, “This is my Son, the Beloved; with him I am well pleased; listen to him!” ⁶When the disciples heard this, they fell to the ground and were overcome by fear. ⁷But Jesus came and touched them, saying, “Get up and do not be afraid.” ⁸And when they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus himself alone.
 ⁹As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus ordered them, “Tell no one about the vision until after the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.”

 

The prayers are prepared locally for each occasion. The following examples may be adapted or used as appropriate.

Called together to follow Jesus, we pray for the church, the world, and all in need.

A brief silence.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here other intercessions may be offered.

 

 

 

Amen.