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 !

19 March 2016

Joseph of Nazareth

Matthew 1.18-end     Matthieu 1.18-fin

 2 Samuel 7. 4-16    Psalm 89. 26 - 36    Romans 4. 14-18
2 Samuel 7. 4-16    Psaume 89.26-36    Romains 4. 14 - 18

Lent can often be the time when we think about giving something up..

Perhaps you have given up chocolate or wine... And we do that to exercise discipline and to call to mind both Jesus' fasting in the wilderness and the sacrifice that saves us all on that cross at Easter... but Joseph, he has to give up something more than material things. Joseph had to give up control. As
Mary's husband he would have been head of the household, Mary would have been dependent on him as that is how men and women lived in those days. But Joseph was faced with Mary's pregnancy and although he could have walked away he did not, he saw that this situation was not of his will but God's will. He had to give up his control of his life, his household and accept God's will and be part of God's household, under God's authority and God's love. We don't know much more about Joseph but I can imagine that this experience brought him closer to God. He saw God working in his life, saw that God knew him and had plans for him.

Perhaps some of us struggle through Lent with the idea of giving something up but we can remember that God is in everything and that as we fast in whatever way I hope that we can see God in our lives, see His connection with each one of us and rejoice in the fact we have a Heavenly Father who knows us so well.

Heather Roy
St Joseph the Carpenter, Georges de La Tour 1640s

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