God of wisdom, throughout these forty days you instruct your people and nourish them with your word of life: Teach us through self denial to bind our hearts to your service and make us one through constant prayer; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God now and forever. Amen
(From the Gelasian Sacramentary)

1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept
when we remembered Zion.
2 There on the poplars
we hung our harps,
3 for there our captors asked us for songs,
our tormentors demanded songs of joy;
they said, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"
4 How can we sing the songs of the LORD
while in a foreign land?
5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
may my right hand forget its skill .
6 May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth
if I do not remember you,
Psalm 137 New International Version

Readings for today from the Daily Lectionary
(click on underlined link to go directly to the reading):
Genesis 45:16-28 – 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 – Mark 6:13-29