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This plan follows the Sunday liturgy:     reading + psalm + reading + gospel                  From  www.simplebible.info 

O Holy Spirit, please guide me as I read these passages for today. 
May these passages give me hope, strength, wisdom, courage and peace for my daily life 

As Joshua neared the end of his life,
he urged the Israelites  to stay faithful to the Lord
while living with many foreign neighbours:

"Continue to observe everything written by Moses.
Do not mingle with the foreign peoples still among you.
Do not utter the names of their gods

Stay loyal to the Lord your God.
Love the Lord your God.

If you stay faithful, the Lord will bless you.
If you are unfaithful, everything will go wrong for you.

Choose today whom you will serve:
the Lord our God, or false gods.

As for me and my house,
we will serve the Lord."

Dear Lord,  may Joshua's dying words be true for me:
"As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord".

Have mercy on me, God, in your kindness,
and cleanse me of my sin.

My offences truly I know them.
What is evil in your sight I have done.

But in my defence please don't forget that sinfulness is part of the human condition, 
part of our DNA.

A pure heart create for me, O God.
Put a steadfast spirit within me.

Give me again the joy of your help.
With a spirit of fervor sustain me.

Lord,  you will not spurn a humbled, contrite heart

When self-indulgence is at work, the results are obvious: 
sexual irresponsibility, sorcery, feuds and wrangling, jealousy and drunkenness

What the Spirit brings is very different:
love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, truthfulness, gentleness and self-control

You cannot belong to Christ Jesus unless you crucify all self-indulgent desires

Let us be directed by the Spirit. 
We must stop being conceited, provocative and envious

Holy Spirit,  increase your influence in my life

When Herod was king of Judea,
there was a priest named Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth
who were really good people, but they were childless

Once when they went to the Temple in Jerusalem,
Zechariah entered the inner sanctuary to burn incense,
while all the people prayed outside

An angel appeared and said
"Zechariah, your prayer has been heard.
Your wife will have a son and you must name him John.
He will prepare the way of the Lord"

Not long after this, Elizabeth conceived,
and for 5 months she kept to herself,
thanking God for taking away her humiliation at not being able to have a baby

Jesus, please help childless couples to have a baby