Holy Week – Tuesday
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Tag: Lent
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Palm Sunday (Palmarum)
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Why Easter? Jesus answers and says: ‘Father, into Your Hands I commit my Spirit’
To prepare us for the coming Feast of the Resurrection of Our Lord, throughout the Wednesdays of Lent following Ash Wednesday, we’ve been hearing Jesus give the answer to, “Why Easter?” That He has continued to do as we’ve heard translations of His “Seven Words from the Cross.”
His indelible and eternal statements began to be declared again among us on Lent I Wednesday. Then we heard a good rationale presented for this “Seven Words” Lenten series. …For more, click on the title above.
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Lent 5 – Wednesday
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Christ alone is our vindication
Today, through the image of Abraham ready and willing to offer his son of the Promise, we have one of the most poignant illustrations of God’s love for His fallen creatures. The record of Abraham and Isaac’s journey to and from the Mountain of Sacrifice reveals that which our Heavenly Father was, even then, prepared to offer as His Final Sacrifice. …For more, click on the title above.
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Lent 5 (Judica)
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Lent 4 – Wednesday
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‘I thirst’
The human body is wonderfully created with a series of sensations that drive it to satisfy life sustaining goals. When the body thirsts, dryness wraps itself around the lips, mouth, and throat. What begins as a whisper steadily grows louder and louder. Moisture leaves the lips as the walls of the mouth begin to stick together. A dry ache in the throat sharpens and each breath feels thicker. With each inhalation the mouth transforms into a dry desert wasteland. The body becomes increasingly restless and distracted as all focus shifts to quenching that thirst with life sustaining liquids. But in the developed world water scarcity and sustained thirst are nearly nonexistent….For more, click on the title above.
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Lent 4 (Laetare)
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‘My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?’
That brings us to our theme verse for this evening’s meditation on “Why Easter?” “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
What a mournful, pitiable, anguished cry! Forsaken by God. I looked up the definition of the word forsaken: To forsake another person is to leave them entirely, usually in a moment of need. Another definition for this transliteration of the Aramaic into Greek is abandonment—to leave, or renounce someone. …For more, click on the title above.