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 !

22 December 2019

Fourth Sunday of Advent +++ Be prepared

Isaiah 7.10-16   Isaïe 7.10-16   Jesaja 7.10-16
Matthew 1.18-25   Matthieu 1.18-25   Mattheüs 1.18-25
Psalm 80.1-8   Romans 1.1-7
Psaumes 80.1-8   Romains 1.1-7
Psalmen 80.1-8   Romeinen 1.1-7

Be prepared


My mother would have been 86 today. Her passing in 2008 was swift and unexpected. We were not prepared for her to die, nor was she, as she died without a will. How I wish we could have known in enough time to prepare.


The reading today from Isaiah is called the Immanuel Prophecy. Some 700 years before Christ's birth, his unique conception and circumstance were foretold. "Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel".  The people had seven centuries to prepare and ponder his arrival.  And then the prophecy became a reality, as addressed in the reading from Matthew’s gospel. If you had the knowledge that something momentous was going to happen, something that would change the world forever, what would you do with that knowledge? Science fiction has many stories about this theme and the time travel that seems to be required . Well I can tell you that tomorrow could bring anything life changing.  Are you prepared?


Advent is a time of waiting and contemplation.

Laura Buckner
Immanuel -- Behold a Virgin Shall Conceive…, Church of St. Etheldreda, London
Stained glass by Joseph Nuttgens, 1952. From Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=56229 [retrieved November 29, 2019]. Original source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/paullew/2838876113.

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