Bible Reading and Prayer
for Thursday 28th August 2020
Welcome to our virtual morning Bible Reading & Prayer for today.
Bible Reading
Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387
Proverbs 10.1-12
Wise Sayings of Solomon
The proverbs of Solomon.
A wise child makes a glad father,
but a foolish child is a mother’s grief.
Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit,
but righteousness delivers from death.
The Lord does not let the righteous go hungry,
but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.
A slack hand causes poverty,
but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
A child who gathers in summer is prudent,
but a child who sleeps in harvest brings shame.
Blessings are on the head of the righteous,
but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
The memory of the righteous is a blessing,
but the name of the wicked will rot.
The wise of heart will heed commandments,
but a babbling fool will come to ruin.
Whoever walks in integrity walks securely,
but whoever follows perverse ways will be found out.
Whoever winks the eye causes trouble,
but the one who rebukes boldly makes peace.
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,
but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Hatred stirs up strife,
but love covers all offences.
Prayer for today, St Monica
Faithful God, who strengthened Monica, the mother of Augustine, with wisdom, and through her
patient endurance encouraged him to seek after you: give us the will to persist in prayer that
those who stray from you may be brought to faith in your Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who is alive
and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.