Daily Readings

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If you don't have your own copy or access to The Lord's Prayer, Apostle's Creed, and The Ten Commandments, you can review them here. Scroll down to read all three. Feel free to copy and save to word program on your own PC. However you might be more willing to reflect in a Post or comment by coming here. Remember don't keep your light under a bushel! Your reflection might make a world of difference to another. (Of course, then again it may not. The point of all this is in the daily practice not in the wisdom of any particular day).

The Lord's Prayer (Traditional Version) BCP pg 96 (Morning Prayer II)

Our Father, who art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory,
for ever and ever. Amen.


The Apostle's Creed BCP pg 97 (Morning Prayer II)

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, God's only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. AMEN.


The Ten Commandments
Revised Standard Version Exodus 20:2-17

2. "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.3. "You shall have no other gods before me.4. "You shall not make for yourself a graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;5. you shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,6. but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.7. "You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.8. "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.9. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work;
10. but the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God; in it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your manservant, or your maidservant, or your cattle, or the sojourner who is within your gates;11. for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day and hallowed it.12. "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God gives you.13. "You shall not kill.14. "You shall not commit adultery.15. "You shall not steal.16. "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.17. "You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor's."

Short Form:

HA! Caught you slacking. There is no short form. What would be the point of that? I am tempted to write "Love God with all your heart mind and soul and love your neighbor as yourself" but that too would go against the daily intentional practice. Since there are no real rules and if you felt like spending Lent with Jesus answer to the greatest commandment, go ahead. Your Posts over 40 days may very well flesh out Jesus statement for you and others.

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