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 !

27 February 2012

Hot Air ~L’air Chaud


Psalm12
Psaumes 12

On reading Psalm 12 I felt an instant flash of recognition.
No one is faithful anymore.
Those who are loyal have vanished.
Everyone lies to their neighbour.
They flatter with their lips but harbour deception in their hearts.
The poor are plundered and the needy groan.
What is vile is honoured.
The psalmist was writing thousands of years ago, about right now. About the permanent, greedy, exuberant, craven, wealth-obsessed, celebrity-obsessed media storm that passes for normal in our society.
And I believe that’s true. That is what this psalm talks about.
But I believe that really, this psalm is about the other words. The ones we all use. The ones with which we build windows between the world within and the world without. Constantly putting our own personal spin on things: telling myself that I am who I want to be, and who God wants me to be, and who others want me to be or, rather, who I want them to think that I am. Even more so when we’re conscious of being in the wrong: “our own lips will defend us” – why yes, they’re usually the very first to do so. Often, they’re the only ones; it’s our actions that really give us away.
Today it’s -10° outside. With this morning’s first step into the street came a deep, stinging, cold fresh gasp of breath in.
Our words are hot air.
The words of the LORD are flawless.
Le Psaume 12 parle de notre monde, du monde d'aujourd'hui, en des termes durs mais justes. Qu'en est-il de nous? Ne cherchons-nous pas, souvent, à nous justifier par la parole, par rapport aux autres, par rapport à nous mêmes et aussi par rapport à Dieu? Seuls nos actes ont de la valeur; nos mots sont balayés par le vent!
Jo Hambourg.
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