The Daily Office Podcast Thursday Evening // October 23, 2025
Oct 23, 2025
Join Andrew Russell for an engaging evening prayer filled with Psalms 129-131 that inspire trust and redemption. Explore Isaiah's haunting metaphor of a vineyard, reflecting divine disappointment over injustice. Dive into Mark 6, where Jesus faces rejection and sends out His apostles, highlighting themes of mission and healing. The session also honors St. James the Just, emphasizing prayer's power and the call for freedom from sin. Conclude with heartfelt intercessions and a communal blessing that seeks strength and grace.
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Order Shapes Devotional Focus
- The Evening Prayer structure blends confession, psalms, and canticles to guide focused worship.
Vineyard Metaphor Reveals Moral Failure
- Isaiah's vineyard metaphor links God's care to Israel's failure and judgment, exposing moral and social decay.
God Reverses Human Hierarchies
- The Magnificat-style canticle celebrates God's reversal: scattering the proud and lifting the humble.
