Prayer of Confession Contemplating America’s 250th Anniversary
“we hear histories told backwards, shuffled and reconstructed to assure us that the ideas we like best are at the heart of who we’ve always been.”
Psalm 89:1-4, 15-18
“happy are the people who know the festal shout”
Proper 8A
June 28, 2026
Jeremiah 20:7-13
“all my close friends are watching for me to stumble”
Proper 7A
June 21, 2026
Luke 1:46-55
“my spirit rejoices in God my Savior”
NL
June 21, 2026
1 Samuel 1:19-28
“as soon as the child is weaned, I will bring him”
Proper 7- A Women’s Lectionary
June 21, 2026
Psalm 100
“we are God’s people and the sheep of God’s pasture”
Proper 6A
June 14, 2026
Psalm 113
“he raises the poor from the dust”
Proper 6 – A Women’s Lectionary
June 14, 2026
1 Kings 2
“you will know what you ought to do to him, and you must bring his gray head down with blood to Sheol”
1 Kings 1
“let a young virgin be sought for my lord the king, and let her wait on the king and be his attendant”
Psalm 107:1-9, 19-22
“they cried to the Lord in their trouble and he saved them from their distress”
Proper 5 – A Women’s Lectionary
June 7, 2026