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 !

20 February 2018

Seventh Day of Lent, Tuesday 20 February; We have heard with our ears/Nous avons entendu avec nos oreilles

Galatians 4.8-20  Genesis 41.46-42.5    Psalm 44        John 5.19-29
Galates 4.8-20    Genèse 41.46-42.5   Psaumes 44       Jean 5.19-29

It seems it’s been a long time since God last came amongst us in a real form – about two millennia.  Of course, as in psalm 44, “we have heard with our ears…our fathers have told us”, we have the Bible with its stories from both Old and New Testaments of what he has done for us.  We may also have the testimonies of fellow believers who have seen Him working in their lives, or even have some such experience of our own, but as we stand here in 2018 it’s very easy for Christians to feel as the author of the psalm does: the science-based, secular society in which we live makes us “a reproach to our neighbours, the scorn and derision of those around us”. 


Even though, like the psalmist, we have not forgotten Him or been false to His covenant we read of diminishing congregations in a post-Christian Europe and can feel as if we’re swimming against the tide of history, doomed to oblivion.  Yet, with the psalmist, we can and must reassert our faith, trust, and ask for the Lord to “rise up and help us, redeeming us because of His unfailing love”.

Carol de Lusignan
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