Posted on 09/05/2026 7:19:27 PM PDT by SisterK
I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus.
1 Timothy 2:1-4
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Heavenly Father God, we come before You filled with awe and devotion. We thank You for calling us to love and to serve You. We thank You for Your Son, Jesus Christ, who has torn the curtain that was between You and fallen man. We thank You for salvation and for hope.
Lord, as we rest on this eve of Labor Day, a holiday established to honor the discipline and contributions of American workers, we pray for those who do not partake of this honor. We pray for those with underdeveloped work ethic.
Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys.
Proverbs 18:9
The way of a sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway.
Proverbs 15:19
On this day we give thanks to You for the opportunity to work. We celebrate those who are or have been employed. We pray for those who choose not to support themselves.
So then each of us will give an account of himself to God.
Romans 14:12
We pray in Jesus’ name. Amen
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Amen, good word and prayer. Work does not include video games, for those who are wondering, like my sons.
Joining in prayer. God bless.
Psalm 91
1 You who live in the shelter of the Most High,
who abide in the shadow of the Almighty,*
2 will say to the Lord, ‘My refuge and my fortress;
my God, in whom I trust.’
3 For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler
and from the deadly pestilence;
4 he will cover you with his pinions,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.
5 You will not fear the terror of the night,
or the arrow that flies by day,
6 or the pestilence that stalks in darkness,
or the destruction that wastes at noonday.
7 A thousand may fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you.
8 You will only look with your eyes
and see the punishment of the wicked.
9 Because you have made the Lord your refuge,*
the Most High your dwelling-place,
10 no evil shall befall you,
no scourge come near your tent.
11 For he will command his angels concerning you
to guard you in all your ways.
12 On their hands they will bear you up,
so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.
13 You will tread on the lion and the adder,
the young lion and the serpent you will trample under foot.
14 Those who love me, I will deliver;
I will protect those who know my name.
15 When they call to me, I will answer them;
I will be with them in trouble,
I will rescue them and honour them.
16 With long life I will satisfy them,
and show them my salvation.
Amen
Hieromartyr Maxim Sandovich
https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/09/06/103799-hieromartyr-maxim-sandovich
Troparion
By God’s Providence you were sent to the Mountain of Pochaev / for the knowledge of the truth of the Orthodox Faith, / and after receiving true teaching in the city of Zhitomir, / you came to our land as a soldier of Christ. / For Orthodoxy and for your own people you received a martyr’s crown. / Therefore, you confirmed your native land in Orthodoxy. / O Hieromartyr Maxim, entreat Christ God that our souls may be saved.
Kontakion
Your Martyrdom, O Father Maxim, / enlightened and encouraged our people in the Orthodox Faith. / Giving up your own life to Christ God, / you endured torments and suffered imprisonment. / Pray for us and for your land before Christ our God.
..........On September 12, Saint Maxim’s father, his pregnant wife, and brother were sent to the concentration camp at Talerhof in the far western part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. While in the camp Pelagia gave birth to a son she named Maxim in honor of his father. Like his father, the younger Maxim also entered the priesthood serving the Lemko Rusyn people faithfully until his death in 1991.........
Amen to your pithy, powerful prayer, SisterK
Affirming the Scriptures about work.
May we all be blessed in the Sabbath Rest through our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
In Jesus Name
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Amen. Excellent.
Amen to your Beautiful, Powerful Prayer, Dear Servant of Jesus Christ.
Joining you in Thanksgiving, Prayer, and Praise.
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