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 !

30 November 2020

Monday 30 November, Andrew the Apostle (Festival) +++ Love your neighbours

 

Psalm 19.1-6Isaiah52.7-10Romans 10.12-18Matthew 4.18-22

Psaumes 19.1-6| Esaïe 52.7-10|Romains 10.12-18|Matthieu 4.18-22

 

Love your neighbours

 


Holy writ tells us that there are no differences between Jew and Gentile, slave and freeman, male and female—wow!  If we followed those tenets, we wouldn’t need to have “me too,” “black lives matter,” or any other form of social protests.  We would love our neighbours as ourselves.  We would understand that all are equal, all lives matter, and, to quote the very non-Christian Beatles, “all we need is love!”  Such a simple concept, that all are brothers and sisters in Christ, yet so challenging to affirm and share!

For our spiritual maturation, we are all instructed to read scripture, pray without ceasing and both to listen to preaching and to be “preachers.”  We must not only listen but share the Gospel message: our salvation stems from faith in accepting the unmerited grace of our redemption through Jesus Christ.  Then, we are to “make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28.19).  Let our voices go out to all the earth, and our words to the ends of the world (Romans 10.18).  Most of us understand these instructions, and that we, as the family of believers that constitutes the church militant, are the corpus that can and will make a difference in the world.  One of my Baptist friends often reminded me when I got frustrated with work or with the behaviour of others, we are simply told “whatever you do, do all to the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10.31).  

So ask yourself today, have you studied, have you listened, have you “preached” (by word or action), have you opened your heart to the Holy Spirit, and have you loved your neighbour?

Peace be with you! 

Rich Goodwin

 Editor’s note: St. Andrew, also known as Andrew the Apostle, was a Christian Apostle and the older brother to St. Peter. It is believed Andrew was one of the closer disciples to Jesus. According to Christian tradition, Andrew went on to preach the Good News around the shores of the Black Sea and throughout what is now Greece and Turkey. Andrew was martyred by crucifixion in Patras. He was crucified on a cross form known as "crux decussata," which is an X-shaped cross or a "saltire." His saltire cross is featured on the flag of Scotland. St. Andrew is the patron saint of fishermen and singers.

 (From https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=109).

'St. Andrew' by Greco, 1541?-1614 From Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=48049 [retrieved November 28, 2020]. Original source: www.yorckproject.de.













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