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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 

Some of the Israelites forgot the Lord their God
and worshipped false gods.

As a result, they were enslaved by the king of Edom for 8 years.

They cried to God for help
and God raised up Othniel, a nephew of Caleb,
to lead and rescue them.

Then the land enjoyed peace for 40 years.

But when Othniel died,
the Israelites again began to do what displeases the Lord,
and were again enslaved, this time by Eglon king of Moab,
for 18 years.

Once more they cried to the Lord for help
and he raised up Ehud, a left-hander.

As Ehud presented tribute to Eglon,
he said to Eglon:
"I have a secret message for you".

When they were alone, Eglon thought he was safe,
because Ehud's knife was on his right thigh.

Ehud  then used his left-hand to grab the knife unexpectedly
and killed Eglon.

Ehud escaped from the king's quarters
before the king's attendants knew Eglon was dead.

Ehud then roused the Israelites to fight and defeat the Moabites,
after which the land enjoyed peace for 80 years

Lord, please raise up good leaders in every country

O God, hear my cry,
you who are my refuge and help.

In you alone is my soul at rest. 
My help comes from you.

Take refuge in God, everyone in trouble.
Trust him at all times.

O God, you are my God, for you I long.
My body and soul thirst for you
like a dry, weary land without water.

Your love is better than life,
my lips will speak your praise.

On my bed I remember you.
On you I muse through the night.

You are the Creator of the world.
You care for the earth, you give it water.

To you our praise is due,
wherever we are on earth.

Lord, my soul clings to you. Your right hand holds me fast

As for me, the only thing I boast about is the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
through whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world

It does not matter if a person is circumcised or not.
What matters is that we become a new creature

From now on, I want no more trouble from you.
The scars on my body were suffered for the sake of Jesus

May his grace be with you

Jesus, may I look at everything in the world from up on your Cross

As soon as she could and as quickly as she could,
Mary went to Elizabeth's home in the hills near Jerusalem

As soon as Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting,
the baby in Elizabeth's womb jumped,
and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit

Elizabeth said to Mary "Of all women, you are the most blessed,
and blessed is the baby in your womb.
Why should I be honored with a visit from the mother of my Lord?
Blessed are you for believing God's promise"

Mary, blessed are you among women,  and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus