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 !

21 March 2019

Thursday 21 March, Christ, God and Love, Lesser Festival of Thomas Cranmer, archbishop, Reformation martyr, 1556


Psalm 11, Romans 8.35-39 & Matthew 10.28-39  Isaiah 43.1-11
Psaume 11, Romains 8.35-39   & Matthieu 10.28-39   Esaïe 43.1-11

Christ, God and Love

Some of the readings for today use very strong language -  the language of hate, of death, violence and wickedness.  We are told in Psalm 11 how much the Lord hates those who use violence, that He is a God who loves justice.  In Matthew, we are told to be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in hell.  This is not the stuff we are often taught in Sunday School!  But it is important that we know how much God hates violence and injustice as it can help us to understand how much it meant to Him to see Jesus, His son, as a victim of violence and injustice as he was beaten and whipped and taken up onto the cross.  God hates wickedness and violence so much because it is the complete opposite of what he is really about - Love.  In Romans we are reminded that nothing can separate us from the love of Christ.  We know that it is in love that God sent Christ to the world and it is because of God’s love for His people that Christ was crucified and resurrected.  We have a choice.  Choose that which can destroy the soul - violence, hate - or choose the way that makes the soul sing - Christ, God, love.

Heather Roy


Collect

Father of all mercies,
who through the work of your servant Thomas Cranmer renewed the worship of your Church
and through his death revealed your strength in human weakness:
by your grace strengthen us to worship you
in spirit and in truth
and so to come to the joys of your everlasting kingdom;
through Jesus Christ our Mediator and Advocate,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen

 Thomas Cranmer by an unidentified painter. From a portrait belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury which hangs in Lambeth Palace. From en. Originally uploaded 14:45, 13 August 2002 by en:User:Isis, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=530569

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