St. Paul’s Cycle of Prayer – Saturday – for the Green Team and for all Creation, for our ministries to Seniors, and for all on our Parish prayer list.

(click Prayer Instructions for links to Morning or Evening Prayer for today)

I like the Collect for Saturdays in the Book of Common Prayer.  A helpful reminder of the most broken commandment.

Almighty God, who after the creation of the world rested from all you works and sanctified a day of rest for all your creatures: Grant that we, putting away all earthly anxieties, may be duly prepared for the service of your sanctuary, and that our rest here upon earth may be a preparation for the eternal rest promised to your people in heaven; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Don’t miss this part: “sanctified a day of rest for all your creatures”. Sanctified, made special, made holy. In our ever increasingly busy lives, we need sabbath rest. Putting away all earthly anxieties – a tough task.

But….it is a commandment…..