Discover Faith Prayer Group

The following are words given by participants at the streamed meeting.  1 Corinthians 14:29 says that "Two or three prophets should speak, and the others weigh carefully what is said."  1 Thess 5:19-21 tells us not to despise prophecies, but to test everything and retain what is good. 

At beginning of meeting, Scripture Reading Psalm 134 - "Come, bless the Lord, all you servants of the Lord who stand in the house of the Lord during the hours of night.  Lift up your hands towards the sanctuary, and bless the Lord.  May the Lord bless you from Zion, the maker of heaven and earth."

Scripture Reading Ezekiel 22:1-5 - "The word of the Lord came to me:  You mortal, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city?  Then, declare to it all its abominable deeds.  You shall say, Thus says the Lord God:  A city!  Shedding blood within itself; its time has come; making its idols, defiling itself.  You have become guilty by the blood that you have shed, and defiled by the idols you have made; you ...

The following are words given by participants at the streamed meeting.  1 Corinthians 14:29 says that "Two or three prophets should speak, and the others weigh carefully what is said."  1 Thess 5:19-21 tells us not to despise prophecies, but to test everything and retain what is good. 

At beginning of meeting, Gospel Acclamation from today's Liturgy - "Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life, you have the words of everlasting life."  Cf. Jn 6:63c, 68c.

Scripture Reading Sirach 5:1-7 - "Do not rely on your wealth, or say, "I have enough."  Do not follow your inclination and strength in pursuing the desires of your heart.  Do not say, "Who can have power over me?"  for the Lord will surely punish you.  Do not say, "I have sinned, yet what has happened to me?" for the Lord is slow to anger.  Do not be so confident of forgiveness that you add sin to sin.  Do not say, "His mercy is great, he will forgive the multitude of my sins," for both mercy and wrath are with him, and his anger will re...

The following are words given by participants at the streamed meeting.  1 Corinthians 14:29 says that "Two or three prophets should speak, and the others weigh carefully what is said."  1 Thess 5:19-21 tells us not to despise prophecies, but to test everything and retain what is good. 

Scripture Reading at beginning of meeting, Isaiah 52:13, 53:5-6 - "See, my servant shall prosper, he shall be raised high and greatly exalted.  He was pierced for our offenses, crushed for our sins, upon him was the chastisement that makes us whole, by his stripes we were healed.  We had all gone astray like sheep, each following his own way; but the Lord laid upon him the guilt of us all."

Scripture Reading Psalm 106:32-39 - "They angered the Lord at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses on their account; for they made his spirit bitter, and he spoke words that were rash.  They did not destroy the peoples; as the Lord commanded them, but they mingled with the nations and learned to do as t...

The following are words given by participants at the streamed meeting.  1 Corinthians 14:29 says that "Two or three prophets should speak, and the others weigh carefully what is said."  1 Thess 5:19-21 tells us not to despise prophecies, but to test everything and retain what is good. 

Scripture Reading Proverbs 3:5-8 - "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, on your own intelligence rely not.  In all your ways be mindful of him, and he will make straight your paths.  Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.  It will be healing for your flesh and a refreshment for your body."

Romans 5:3-5 - "We rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us."

The whole time that I was praising, I was imagining when he returns and how I would be.

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The following are words given by participants at the streamed meeting.  1 Corinthians 14:29 says that "Two or three prophets should speak, and the others weigh carefully what is said."  1 Thess 5:19-21 tells us not to despise prophecies, but to test everything and retain what is good. 

At beginning of meeting, Psalm 103:11-14 - "As the heavens tower over the earth, so God's love towers over the faithful.  As far as the east is from the west, so far have our sins been removed from us.  As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on the faithful.  For he knows how we are formed"

Scripture Reading Maccabees 7:12-17 - "Then a group of scribes approached in a body before Alcimus and Bacchides to ask for just terms.  The Hasideans were first among the Israelites to seek peace from them, for they said, "A priest of the line of Aaron has come with the army, and he will not harm us."  Alcimus spoke peaceable words to them and swore this oath to them, "We will not se...

The following are words given by participants at the streamed meeting.  1 Corinthians 14:29 says that "Two or three prophets should speak, and the others weigh carefully what is said."  1 Thess 5:19-21 tells us not to despise prophecies, but to test everything and retain what is good. 

Scripture Reading Romans 8:28 - When we were singing, "Be Still and Know that I Am God", really touched me.  "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to his purpose."   Saying "yes" to God is the best decision we can ever make.

Scripture Reading Zechariah 10:6-7 - "I will make the people of Judah strong; I will rescue the people of Israel.  I will have compassion on them and bring them all back home.  They will be as though I had never rejected them.  I am the Lord their God; I will answer their prayers.  The people of Israel will be strong like soldiers, happy like those who have been drinking wine.  Their descendants will remember thi...

The following are words given by participants at the streamed meeting.  1 Corinthians 14:29 says that "Two or three prophets should speak, and the others weigh carefully what is said."  1 Thess 5:19-21 tells us not to despise prophecies, but to test everything and retain what is good. 

Scripture Readings Isaiah 43:1 & Isaiah 42:1 - "But now, thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel:  Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.  Here is my servant whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom my soul delights.  I have put my spirit upon him.  He will bring forth justice to the nations."

Scripture Reading Psalm 95:6-7 - "Come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!  For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand."

Prophecy - "My little ones, you will never know how much I love you.  Even now, in your unworthiness, even now when I am not always first in your hear...

The following are words given by participants at the streamed meeting.  1 Corinthians 14:29 says that "Two or three prophets should speak, and the others weigh carefully what is said."  1 Thess 5:19-21 tells us not to despise prophecies, but to test everything and retain what is good. 

At beginning of meeting, Scripture Reading Psalm 139:1-4, 13-14 - "O Lord, you have searched me and know me.  You know me when I sit down and when I rise up.  You discern my thoughts from far away.  You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways.  Even before a word is on my tongue, O Lord, you know it completely.  For it is you who formed me, who formed my inward parts.  You knit me together in my mother's womb.  I praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.  Wonderful are your works!"

Scripture Reading 1 Thess 5:16-18 - "Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus."

Scripture Reading Psalm 75,...

The following are words given by participants at the streamed meeting.  1 Corinthians 14:29 says that "Two or three prophets should speak, and the others weigh carefully what is said."  1 Thess 5:19-21 tells us not to despise prophecies, but to test everything and retain what is good.  

Scripture Reading Jeremiah 26:1-7 - "At the beginning of the reign of King Jehoiakim son of Josiah of Judah, this word came from the Lord:  Thus says the Lord:  Stand in the court of the Lord's house, and speak to all the cities of Judah that come to worship in the house of the Lord; speak to them all the words that I command you; do not hold back a word.  It may be that they will listen, all of them, and will turn from their evil way, that I may change my mind about the disaster that I intend to bring on them because of their evil doings.  You shall say to them:  Thus says the Lord:  If you will not listen to me, to walk in my law that I have set before you, and to heed the words of my servants the pr...

The following are words given by participants at the streamed meeting.  1 Corinthians 14:29 says that "Two or three prophets should speak, and the others weigh carefully what is said."  1 Thess 5:19-21 tells us not to despise prophecies, but to test everything and retain what is good.  

At beginning of meeting Scripture Reading Luke 10:19-20, 23-24 - "I have given you power to tread on snakes and scorpions and all the forces of the enemy, and nothing shall ever injure you.  Nevertheless, do not rejoice so much in the fact that the devils are subject to you as that your names are inscribed in heaven.  Blest are the eyes that see what you see.  I tell you, many prophets and kings wished to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it."

Vision/Prophecy - I saw, it looked like the whole earth was ripping apart.  It was just being torn open in two and it looked as though above the earth was Jesus' heart and it was like his heart was breaking in two, b...