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 !

30 November 2021

The Creator and the Creation

Festival for Andrew the Apostle

Psalm 19.1-6│Isaiah 52.7-10│Romans10.12-18│Matthew 4.18-22

Psaumes 19.1-6 |Ésaïe 52.7-10 |Romains 10.12-18 |Matthieu 4.18-22

The Creator and the Creation


God reaches out to us through the splendour of His creation. God reveals himself to us, is at work, in His creation. He reveals himself and comes close to us through the words of the prophets, through those bringing good tidings. God reaches out, in person, in the second person of the Trinity, speaking directly to the first disciples, transforming their lives, filling them with purpose, abundance. God reaches out to us through the work and witness of those disciples and of those who followed, who kept God’s word alive, lived it and passed it on. God reaches out to us, knocks on our door, makes his home with us, imbues our lives with meaning.

 

But the world can be overwhelming; the universe a cold place; events, pandemics, the politics of exclusion and hatred too distressing, and I struggle sometimes to sense this God who makes his home with me.

 

And so I pray this Advent: 

May the Spirit of God open our eyes to God’s splendour manifest in creation. May God’s Spirit bring to life Jesus’ words within us. May God’s Spirit enable us to recognise our Creator, to acknowledge, praise and love Him. May we respond to God's glorious and generous revelation.

                                                     Floris Faber

 

Collect for Andrew the Apostle: Almighty God, who gave such grace to your apostle Saint Andrew that he readily obeyed the call of your Son Jesus Christ and brought his brother with him: call us by your holy word, and give us grace to follow you without delay and to tell the good news of your kingdom; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. 



'St Peter and St Andrew', by Peter Koenig, 20th centuryFrom Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=53991 [retrieved November 27, 2021]. Original source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/clairity/152419210/.



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