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 !

16 March 2019

Saturday 16 March - Living in Community

Galatians 6   Psalm 63   Jeremiah 7.1-20   John 6.27-40
Galates 6   Psaume 63    Jérémie 7.1-20    Jean 6.27-40


We are called to live in community - with God, and with each other. We were not created to be isolated. Living in community means caring for and supporting each other. Sharing each other’s burdens, yet not comparing ourselves to others, either as better or as worse. That’s hard. In today’s society much personal validation often seems to come from comparisons - being better, cooler, luckier, happier, thinner, richer ..... social media invites us to share our lives and follow others’, and that encourages comparisons. But God says we should not compare ourselves to others: instead we should look to him, stay close to him, glory in his presence, and he will provide for all our needs, nurturing us and valuing us. If we are going to be able to live in community healthily and at peace, we need a strong God-focussed centre. It’s like a wheel - for it to stay true, it needs a strong hub to support the spokes and rim and give it strength. We can only live well in community if we have that strong centre, built on knowing that God, creator of the universe, the great and all-powerful, loves us, values us, just as we are, with our weaknesses and failings, loves us enough to die for us. When we own the immensity of that truth, we can indeed live as new creations in community with those around us.

C’est quand notre vie est centrée sur le Seigneur que nous sommes libérés pour vivre pleinement en communauté avec les autres.

Zelie Peppiette


By Swanson, John August. From Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=56535 [retrieved March 1, 2019]. Original source: www.JohnAugustSwanson.com - copyright 1995 by John August Swanson.
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