Computer Cud         Vatican II asks us to read the Bible every day,   'to have a burning love'   for the Word of God              Resolution

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 

After Sisera's forces were defeated,
the land enjoyed peace for 40 years

But then the Israelites again lapsed into idolatry,
and so they were oppressed by the Midianites for 7 years

The Lord then raised up Gideon to rescue the people.

Following the Lord's instructions,
Gideon at night time destroyed the altar to Baal
in his father's house.

When the Midianites heard what Gideon had done,
they prepared to attack the Israelites.

The spirit of the Lord came on Gideon
and he rallied the Israelites.

Gideon asked for a sign of success in battle,
and said to the Lord:

"See  now, I spread out a fleece of wool on the ground;
tomorrow morning, if there is dew only on the fleece
and not on the surrounding ground,
then I know you will deliver Israel by my hand".

And so it happened the next morning:
the ground was dry but the fleece was drenched with dew.

Gideon asked for a second sign,
requesting that the fleece be dry but the ground covered with dew.

And God did what Gideon asked:
the fleece stayed dry, and there was dew on the ground

Dear Lord,  thank you for hearing Gideon's prayer
(and please bless the work of the Gideon Society
 which puts Bibles in hotels around the world!)

Save me, O God, for the waters have risen to my neck.
I am sinking fast and can't keep afloat much longer.

So many people hate me without cause.
I have no more strength to resist them.

May my situation not cause anyone to lose faith in you.
May people realize that it is for your sake that I am taunted.

Taunts have broken my heart.
No one shows me any compassion.

For food they give me poison.
In my thirst they give me vinegar to drink.

Lord, do not hide your face from your servant.
Answer quickly for I am in distress.

You are my rescuer, my help, O God.
O Lord, do not delay to help me.

O God come to our  assistance. Lord make haste to help us

God the Father has let us know his sacred plan:
the whole show, everything in heaven and everything in earth,
is one big orchestra with Christ as the conductor

We Jews are special instruments in the orchestra.
We were chosen to put our hope in Christ before he came

And you non-Jews are also on the stage,
now that you have believed the truth of the Good News

All of us have been stamped with the Holy Spirit.
He's the composer whose music we are playing

Father, Son and Holy Spirit, thank you for the gift of life
and the gift of faith. Help me play well!

When John was named, his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit
and said "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel. He has visited his people.
And you, little child, you shall be called a prophet of the Most High.
You will go before the Lord to prepare a way for him"

When John grew older,
he lived in the wilderness until the time came for him to begin his ministry

Jesus, please help me prepare your way
by helping people to know you