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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 

The Lord appeared to King Solomon in a dream
and said "Ask me for anything you'd like."

Solomon asked for wisdom: 
"Give you servant a heart to understand how to discern between good and evil."

God replied: "I now give you a heart full of wisdom,
wisdom greater than anyone else has ever had.

And I also give you what you did not ask for:
riches and glory and long life."

Not long after this, two prostitutes came for judgement:
they lived in the same house and both had given birth to a son,
but one of the babies died during the night.

The mother of the dead baby changed babies
during the same night
and claimed that the living baby was hers.

Solomon  asked for a sword to cut the living baby in two
and give half to each mother.

The lying woman agreed, but the real mother said
"No. Don't kill the baby. Give it to the other woman."

Solomon then knew the real mother was telling the truth
and gave the baby to her.

For wisdom such as this, Solomon's reputation spread far.

Dear Lord, please give me more wisdom for my life

I rejoiced when I heard them say
"Let us go to God's house."

And now our feet are standing 
within your gates, O Jerusalem.

For the peace of Jerusalem pray
"Peace be to your homes."

For love of the house of the Lord
I will ask for your good.

Lord, may your peace be in our hearts and homes

You asked us about the situation of people who have died.
Do not mourn in an unhealthy way for them,
like people who have no hope

We believe that Jesus died and rose again,
and that it will be the same for those have died in Jesus: God will bring them with him

On the last day, the trumpet of God will sound,
and the Lord himself will come down from heaven

Those who have died in Christ, will be the first to rise.
They will be taken up in the clouds,
to meet the Lord in the air

So we shall stay with the Lord for ever.
With thoughts such as these you should comfort one another in times of mourning

Jesus, please increase my faith in the life to come

The religious leader then asked another question: "Who is my neighbor?"

Jesus replied "A man on a journey was attacked by robbers.
They beat him, took all he had, and left him seriously injured

A priest came by and saw the man, but did not help him.
A temple worker also saw him, but did not help.
But a lowly foreigner who saw him was moved with pity

The foreigner bandaged his wounds, and used his own donkey to take the man to an inn.
He paid the innkeeper to look after the man

Which of the three was a neighbor to the injured man?"

The leader replied "The one who helped him".
Jesus then said "Go, and do the same"

Jesus, please don't let me ignore people who need help