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 !

24 December 2020

Thursday 24 December, Christmas Eve +++ He will come again

 Psalm 45│Malachi 2.1-16│Revelation 1.1-8│Matthew 19.13-15

Psaume 45|Malachie 2.1-16|Apocalypse 1.1-8 |Matthieu 19.13-15

 

He will come again

 

Are we nearly there yet? Yes, we are nearly there. I hope Advent has been a good season for you. That somehow you managed to find time for some prayerful reflection. Not easy in a season so pregnant with anticipation of other things. Anyway, we are here again on the threshold of Christmas. For me the image that comes to mind for Christmas Eve is the silence and the darkness after the last person has left the midnight service. I feel deeply for those who are by themselves. This day, this night, we pray for the lonely. That they may know God’s presence. That darkness will make way for the light. The darkness was not able to grasp the light….and it never will be.

I have no idea how Christmas in church will look like this year. What I do know is that God is faithful. The One who came, will come again:


“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” (Revelation 1.8)


'Alpha and Omega', Church of San Isidro, Pulilan, Philippines, 2009

From Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=54339 [retrieved November 28, 2020]. Original source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigberto/3549919373/.


All our endings and beginnings are in Jesus, our Lord and Friend.

Living in hope and joyful anticipation,

Paul Vrolijk

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