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 !

15 April 2011

Decisions 


Friday 15th April
     Jeremiah 24
Ps 22, 126
Hebrews 13.1-16
John 12.20-36a

John 12: 20-36a

John’s gospel is deeply reflected, perhaps more so than any other book in the Bible. The evangelist has thought about the events to which he has been a witness and tries to lead us not just to those events, but to what they mean. He makes links and connections that draw us with him.

So as Jesus’ public ministry approaches its conclusion, some of the events remind us of what that ministry has been from the start. John points to this through a string of pictures that also occurred in the opening of his ministry: the message passed from one to another; destruction and rebuilding; the contrast between the light and the dark; the hour that was not yet, but is now; Jesus lifted up, drawing others to himself. See if you can find them in chapters 2 and 3. They are probably in chapter 1 as well. The point is to emphasise how Jesus’ public ministry has been consistently leading towards the Easter events that are about to happen, events that will reveal his glory.

There is another theme: that of the moment that imposes decision on each of us. We see it first as the moment when Jesus turns towards his passion: the hour has come and even though his heart is deeply troubled, he accepts it in honour of his Father. That Jesus’ willing acceptance will reveal his glory, John shows us affirmed by God himself.

Now, says Jesus, comes your moment of decision, the moment that will judge you and all the world. Jesus lifted on the cross, Jesus raised in glory confronts us with a choice. If we stake our lives in commitment to him, he offers us eternal life. If we love too much what we have now, we risk losing even what we have. Jesus calls us to stake our lives on commitment to him: the one whose passion and death reveal his glory. His words are not empty, for he has trod the path of commitment before us.

David White

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