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 March 2015

Monday of Holy Week ~ Song of Solomon 1.9-2.7 ~ Passion~ Cantique des Cantiques 1.9-2.7

Monday 30th March

Psalm 36.5-11 ~ Psaumes 36.5-11 

1 Corinthians 15.1-11 ~  1 Corinthiens 15.1- 11

Mark 16.1-8 ~ Marc 16.1-8


Passion


There is a lesson in the passion of the love expressed in the Song of Solomon

(1.9-2.7). “A believer, after all, is someone in love”, Christian philosopher

Soren Kierkegaard has said. As moderns we quite rightly regard evidence and

reason for God – indeed this can help our faith, by cropping the power of

doubt. However, we have not become disciples of Jesus (Christians) finally by

reason, but by the Spirit. This bit is quite unintelligible to the materialist. But

that’s ok, as Kierkegaard said: “...do you think it would occur to someone in

love to give a defence of his infatuation... for he is something more than all

reasons and defence: he is in love.”

However, especially as a bloke, this female character's “being in love” in the

gendered, romantic way this passage describes is difficult to relate to (Song of

Solomon is generally understood to be a prophetic allegory for the love

between Christ (He) and the Church (She)). However I can relate to the

female character's (Church) gratitude for his (God's) rescuing and sustaining

her in verse 2.3-5 (with fruit; raisins and apples, to be precise – presumable

her favourite snacks).

C.S. Lewis has described our love for God as largely “Need-love”, which is

“that which sends a lonely or frightened child to its mother’s arms”. I love

God because I need him. Reading this passage reminds me that my love for

God is wanting. Let’s consider what it means to “Love the Lord our God with

all your heart, soul, mind and strength”.

Le Song of Solomon nous interpelle a aimer Dieu plus passionné; avec tout nos

cœur.

Jonathan de Leyser
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