weekly devotionS

Each week we post a prayer, a Psalm, and a Gospel reading to help guide you through the life of Jesus and the story of God across the seasons of the Christian year. 


(Selections are from the Revised Common Lectionary, a year-round devotional used by churches around the world)

  • Beginning Sunday, May 10


    O God, you have prepared for those who love you such good things as surpass our understanding: Pour into our hearts such love towards you, that we, loving you in all things and above all things, may obtain your promises, which exceed all that we can desire; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.


  • Beginning Sunday, May 10


    John 14:15-21


    “If you love me, keep my commands. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever—the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.


    I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.”


  • Beginning Sunday, May 10


    Psalm 66:7-18


    He rules forever by his power,
        his eyes watch the nations—
        let not the rebellious rise up against him.


    Praise our God, all peoples,
        let the sound of his praise be heard;
    he has preserved our lives
        and kept our feet from slipping.
    For you, God, tested us;
        you refined us like silver.
    You brought us into prison
        and laid burdens on our backs.
    You let people ride over our heads;
        we went through fire and water,
        but you brought us to a place of abundance.


    I will come to your temple with burnt offerings
        and fulfill my vows to you—
    vows my lips promised and my mouth spoke
        when I was in trouble.
    I will sacrifice fat animals to you
        and an offering of rams;
        I will offer bulls and goats.


    Come and hear, all you who fear God;
        let me tell you what he has done for me.
    I cried out to him with my mouth;
        his praise was on my tongue.
    If I had cherished sin in my heart,
        the Lord would not have listened