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 !

01 December 2020

Tuesday 1 December +++ Fear not

 

Psalm 80│Isaiah 43.1-13│Revelation20│Matthew 12.22-37

Psaumes 80 |Esaïe 43.1-13 |Apocalypse 20 | Matthieu 12.22-37


Fear not

 


This passage contains powerfully comforting words for us, right from the start of this reading, culminating in verse 1 in "Have no fear, for I have redeemed you; I call you by name; you are mine." Can we during this Advent season listen for God's voice calling us by name, that name which he blessed at the time of our Baptism? Can we ponder the wonder of what it means when God says, "You are mine"? Can we let go of the fear which has been haunting us during this CoViD year and entrust ourselves to the loving redemption of our God?

 

We are told that we have nothing to fear from the excesses of nature, be they of water or fire, and that we are more precious to God than other nations that have turned away from him. Do we need to put this into context? We are told not to fear... but we are also asked to be guardians of the earth, and some of the excesses of nature are due to our failures as guardians. Can we reflect on what we could do better?

 

God tells us that he will bring us all together again, from every direction of the Earth. We who have been kept apart from our beloved family members and friends, the time will come when we can be reunited across our local streets and across the nations and continents. "I shall bring your descendants from the east and gather you from the west." We shall be together again, but we need to be patient and await God's own time. God is supreme : "Before me no god existed, nor will there be any after me. I am the LORD, and I alone am your deliverer." Let us trust our God to bring us safely into a future rich in blessings.

Isabelle Prondzynski

'Paradise' by Jan Bruegel, 1568-1625 From Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=54171 [retrieved November 28, 2020]. Original source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jan_Brueghel_the_Younger_Paradise.jpg.

 

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