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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 

Joshua sent two men as spies to explore the Jericho area.
In Jericho they went to the house of Rahab the prostitute.

The king of Jericho was told about this 
and he sent men to capture the two Israelites.

But Rahab hid the men
and told the king that they had already gone.

Rahab said to the men in their hiding place on her roof:

"I know that the Lord has given you this land.
My people are afraid of you

We have heard how the Lord dried up the sea for your crossing
out of Egypt. We have heard how you defeated the 2 kings Sihon and Og.

Since I have shown you kindness
I now ask you to show kindness to my family
and spare their lives when you attack this city."

The men agreed and told Rahab
to tie a scarlet cord to her window
so the Israelites would know  her family  were inside.

Rahab helped the men go down from the window by a rope.
The men stayed in the nearby hills for 3 days until it was safe to leave.

The men returned to Joshua and told how the people of Jericho
were already trembling at the thought of an Israelite attack.

Lord, please bless all women and girls caught up in prostitution

Happy is the person whose sin is forgiven.

For a while I refused to ask for forgiveness,
and my body paid the penalty.

But then I said "Lord, forgive me"
and my spirit and body revived.

Lord, when I do wrong,
 please give me the grace to say sorry and ask forgiveness

Remember how much I have suffered for the sake of the Good News:

- 5 times I had the 39 lashes from the Jews
- 3 times I was beaten with sticks
- once I was stoned
- 3 times I was shipwrecked
- I have often been starving

This should prove to you that I am a genuine apostle, not after money or fame or power.
It is you I want, not your possessions

Jesus,  help church workers want souls, not money/fame/power

After the meal, Jesus said to his apostles
"Tonight all of you will desert me"

Peter said "I will never desert you".
Jesus replied "Tonight before the rooster crows,
you will deny me three times"

They came to a place with olive trees called Gethsemane.
Jesus asked Peter, James and John to pray with him

Jesus was overcome with sadness and fear.
He said to them "Sadness is filling my heart,
as if my heart is dying.
Please support me as I pray"

Then he fell on his face and prayed for about an hour:
"Father, don't let this suffering continue. But your will be done"

He stood up and found that the apostles were asleep.
He said to them "Couldn't you stay awake one hour to support me?"

Three times he prayed the same way.
Three times the apostles went to sleep.

Then he said "Get ready.  The one who is betraying me is coming"

Jesus, please help me give more time to prayer