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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 

Samson wanted to marry a Philistine woman,
even though custom required he marry an Israelite.

On his way to the visit the woman in Philistine territory,
Samson was confronted by a young lion.

The spirit of the Lord filled Samson
and he tore the lion to pieces with his bare hands.

On his next visit to the woman's home, 
Samson saw that in  the carcase of the dead lion 
there was a swarm of bees, and honey.

The people of the village made a wedding feast for 7 days.
But they were scared of Samson
so they assigned 30 men to stay with him.

Samson challenged them to answer a riddle:
if they got the right answer before the 7 days were over,
he would give them 30 pieces of silver and 30 festal robes.

But if they failed to get the right answer,
they had to give Samson 30 pieces of silver and 30 robes.
They agreed to the challenge.

Samson stated his riddle:
"Out of the eater came what is eaten,
out of the strong came what is sweet".

Three days went by and they could not solve the riddle.
So they asked Samson's wife to find out the answer.

Day after day she pestered Samson with pleading and tears
until, on the 7th day, he told her. She then told the men.

The men then said to Samson:
"What is sweeter than honey, and what is stronger than a lion?"

Samson was filled with the spirit of the Lord.
He went to a nearby Philistine town and killed 30 men there.

He took their robes and gave them to the 30 wedding feast guests.

Full of anger, he stormed out of the village
and returned to his parents' house.

His wife was then given to the companion 
who had been his best man.

Dear God, please help me control my anger

Ring out your joy to God our strength,
shout in triumph to the God of Jacob.

Listen to the voice of the Lord:

"I am the Lord your God
who brought you out from the land of Egypt.

Let there be no foreign god among you,
no worship of a false god.

O that my people would heed me,
that Israel would walk in my ways.

At once I would subdue their foes.
But Israel I would feed with finest wheat and honey".

Lord, please help us to walk in your ways

This is what I pray, kneeling before the Father from whom
every family, whether spiritual or natural, takes it name:

May he give you  power through his Spirit
for your hidden self to grow strong

May Christ live in your hearts through faith

Planted in love and built on love, may you continually focus
on the love of Christ, until your life if filled with that love

Glory be to him whose power  working in us,
can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine

Glory be to him from generation to generation in the Church
 and in Christ Jesus for ever and ever. Amen

In the 15th year of the Roman Emperor Tiberius Caesar,
when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judaea,
Herod was ruler of Galilee and during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas,
God's message entered the heart of John son of Zechariah in the wilderness

John went through the whole Jordan River area
proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins

This had been foretold by the prophet Isaiah when he said
"A voice cries in the wilderness: Prepare a way for the Lord"

Jesus,  help us prepare your way, like John