Today is Tuesday the 9th of January in the first week of ordinary time. My God, my God, my God, that God,

my God,

that God, But the The choir of the Kings Consort sing Henry Purcell's Hear My Prayer, O Lord.

Hear My Prayer, O Lord, and let my crying come unto thee.

As I listen, I too bring my prayer, my needs, my longings, the deepest feelings of my heart before the Lord. And I'm going to go. The And why don't we? I'm going to try and try.

I'm taking in

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the way in life. Today's reading is from the first book.

Today's reading is from the first book of Samuel.

After they'd eaten and drunk at Shiloh,

Hannah rose and presented herself before the Lord.

Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat beside the doorpost of the temple of the Lord.

She was deeply distressed and prayed to the Lord and wept bitterly.

She made this vow.

Oh Lord of hosts, if only you will look on the misery of your servant, and remember me and not forget

your servant, but will give to your servant a male child, then I will set him before you as a Nazirite

until the day of his death.

He shall drink neither wine nor intoxicants, and no razor shall touch his head.

As she continued praying before the Lord, Eli observed her mouth.

Hannah was praying silently.

Only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard.

Therefore Eli thought she was drunk.

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