Monthly Archives: March 2012

Morning Prayer 1 April 2012: Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday

Fight the good fight of the faith; take hold of the eternal life, to which you were called and for which you made the good confession. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his … Continue reading

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Evening Prayer 31 March 2012: Lent 5; John Donne, Priest & Poet

Jesus said to him, “What do you want me to do for you?” Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, … Continue reading

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Morning Prayer 31 March 2012: Lent 5; John Donne, Priest, 1631

(A reminder: For Holy Week we will see contemporary sin pictures.) Everything is for your sake, so that grace, as it extends to more and more people, may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God. If we say we have … Continue reading

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Evening Prayer 30 March 2012: Lent 5; [Innocent of Alaska, Bishop, 1879]

The Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. Jesus said, “If any of you would come after me, deny yourself and take up your cross and … Continue reading

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Morning Prayer 30 March 2012: Lent 5; [Innocent of Alaska, Bishop, 1879]

We have renounced the shameful things that one hides; we refuse to practice cunning or to falsify God’s word. Thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy, “I dwell in the high and holy … Continue reading

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Evening Prayer 29 March 2012: Lent 5; John Keble, Priest & Poet, 1866

Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, because we have rebelled against him and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God by following his … Continue reading

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Morning Prayer 29 March 2012: Lent 5; John Keble, Priest, 1866

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; … Continue reading

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Evening Prayer 28 March 2012: Lent 5

Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her; and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery. Rend your hearts and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious … Continue reading

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Morning Prayer 28 March 2012: Lent 5

The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you to say, “Let my people go.” If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us, but if we confess our sins, … Continue reading

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Evening Prayer 27 March 2012: Lent 5; Charles Henry Brent, Bishop of the Philippines & of Western New York

Everyone will be salted with fire. To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, because we have rebelled against him and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God by following his laws which he set before … Continue reading

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