Suggestion for Daily Use

Follow the ‘Daily Prayer’ at the side+++Suivez le ‘Prière Quotidienne’. Read the bible passages and then the meditation. Pray, tell God how you felt about the reading and share the concerns of your life with him. Maybe you will continue the habit after Lent. Lisez les passages bible et après la méditation. Priez, dites à Dieu que vous avez ressenti à propos de la lecture et de partager les préoccupations de votre vie avec lui. Peut-être que vous allez continuer l'habitude après le Carême. Daily Prayer Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. Luke 4.1-2 Now is the healing time decreed For sins of heart, of word or deed, When we in humble fear record The wrong that we have done the Lord. (Latin, before 12th century) Read: Read the Bible passage. Read the meditation Pray: Talk to God about what you have just read. Tell him your concerns - for yourself, your family, our church family, our world. Praise him. Pray the collect for the week – see next pages. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. Prière Quotidienne Jésus, rempli de l'Esprit Saint, revint du Jourdain et le Saint-Esprit le conduisit dans le désert où il fut tenté par le diable durant quarante jours. Luc 4.1-2 Maintenant le temps de la guérison est décrété Pour les péchés du cœur, de la parole et des actes, Lorsque nous nous souvenons avec humilité Le mal que nous avons fait au Seigneur. Lire : Lisez le passage de la Bible. Lisez la méditation. Prier : Parlez avec le Seigneur de ce que vous avez lu. Parlez-lui de vos préoccupations pour vous-même, votre famille, notre famille de l’église, notre monde. Louez-le. Priez la collecte pour la semaine. Voyez les pages suivantes Mon âme, bénis le Seigneur ! Que tout qui est en moi bénisse son saint nom. Mon âme, bénis le Seigneur, et n’oublie aucun de ses bienfaits !

13 February 2013

Ash Wednesday





Jesus addresses three aspects of first century piety: giving to the needy, prayer and fasting. These were and are fundamental to Jewish religion. Quite likely they are the outer form of the faith summed up in the Shema: “Hear O Israel: the Lord your God is one Lord. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul and with all your strength.” Prayer is the means by which you love with all your heart; fasting is to love with all one’s soul, and almsgiving is the way you show love with all your strength.

The purpose of Lent is to help us to focus afresh on God. To put God at the centre of our life. To be a slave to no-one but him. And in these few verses from Matthew’s gospel, Jesus teaches us something of what that means.

Lord, you have made me as I am.
You know all my strengths and weaknesses,
My fears and my uncertainties.
Deepen my commitment to you and strengthen my love for others. Without show, without fuss, but with integrity and sincerity, may I follow Jesus more closely this Lent. Amen. 

Robert Innes

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