Biblical Stations of the Cross Opening prayer: God of power and mercy,in love you sent your Sonthat we might be cleansed of sinand live with you forever.Bless us as we gather to reflecton his suffering and deaththat we may learn from his examplethe way we should go. We ask this through that same Christ, our …
Tag: Jesus
Temptation
Lent 2024 I've written about the temptations of Jesus before, in a post from 12th March 2019. In the former post, I focused on the three times Jesus was led in the passage, the first was the Holy Spirit who led Jesus into the desert. The other two were the devil that led Jesus: Jesus …
Station I: Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane
Biblical Stations of the Cross Opening prayer: God of power and mercy,in love you sent your Sonthat we might be cleansed of sinand live with you forever.Bless us as we gather to reflecton his suffering and deaththat we may learn from his examplethe way we should go. We ask this through that same Christ, our …
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Baptism
Pre-Lent 2024 I am posting this on the wrong liturgical day, rather than feast of the baptism of Jesus on January 8th. I decided to wait. Mainly because it would be further from the Epiphany, the second part of my look at the Godhead and humanity being entwined in Jesus, and also because Jesus' baptism …
The King—Psalm 72
The last song in the second book of Psalms is a song of praise. It is a royal song talking about the kings of Israel ruling the whole world. Why should a white man like me think this is a good thing? The kings of Israel were not white. |-o0o-| Psalms in Book 2 are …
Are you in?
Epiphany The journey of the Magi by James Tissot 1806 - 1902Shared via Wikimedia Commons. 60 Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.2 For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples;but the Lord will arise upon you, and his glory will be seen upon you.3 And nations shall come to your light, and …
Incarnation
Christmas 2023 A typical Christmas scene. A wooden building with straw on the floor. To the right are three men wearing crowns, the one at the front is kneeling presenting his gift. To the left are two boys, probably playing shepherds. In the centre are a couple, a young woman in blue and a man …
Growing in the darkness—Psalm 69
Psalms of David "The Lord hears the needy." This was the standout verse when I did my Lectio Divina on Psalm 69. This on one level is a typical lamenting psalm in that it uses an extended metaphor of a drowning man to describe the prayer of someone who is being persecuted for being faithful …
Who does God arise for?—Psalm 68
Psalms of David God shall arise, his enemies shall be scattered. His enemies, not mine. You can safely assume you’ve created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do. Anne Lamott, though she attributes this to 'my priest friend Tom.' I am writing this at a …
Forgiveness is a lovely idea—Psalm 65
Psalms of David At last, a song of praise. This is the last of 15 Psalms by David, which have been arranged in three sets of five. It started with confession, the prayer of David when he was confronted about his Adultery and Murder, and continued through psalms based on mostly events from David's life. …
Making an ass of myself 