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 April 2011

GOOD Friday


Good Friday 22nd April 

Lamentations 5.15-22
Psalm 69
     Hebrews 10.1-10
John 18.1 - 19.42

John 18:1-19:42

In my Sunday school days as a child, I kept asking why ‘Good Friday’ instead of ‘Bad or Black Friday’? I came to understand with great joy quite later that the Cross of Christ with all of its agony points to God’s love! There is no measure that God would not take, or length that God will not go in order to redeem and to reclaim the world- His beloved creation.

But the story of Christ’s suffering and trial as narrated in chapters 18 and 19 of John’s gospel reveal to us the fallen nature and character of the world that Christ came to save. It highlights the operation of sin in human relationships: sin damages both human and divine relationships.

Praise be to Jesus Christ who has brought ‘at-one-ment’ between God, humanity and all creation.

As we struggle daily with the world, sin and the devil, we can confidently look upon the cross and say:

...Passion of Christ, strengthen me

O good Jesus, hear me: hide me

within your wounds and never let me be

separated from you.... Amen

Augustine Nwaekwe

Collect

Almighty Father, look with mercy on this your family for which our Lord Jesus Christ was content to be betrayed and given up into the hands of sinners and to suffer death upon the cross; who is alive and glorified with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen

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