Lenten Daily Reading – Day 43
Text: Luke 22:39-71
He came out and went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him. When he reached the place, he said to them, “Pray that you may not come into the time of trial.” Then he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, knelt down, and prayed, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me, yet not my will but yours be done.”
Father John and his wife Kathy Chase lead us through a brief service of sharing in the The Lord’s Supper. They explain the simple items you can use at home to participate with them.
Continue reading →Community Missions is happy to highlight a few of the in-person and online opportunities. We hope they will help to make your Holy Week celebrations meaningful, and your Easter filled with joy!
Continue reading →Today we suggest the Morning Prayer at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. from this past Saturday, April 1. In it, the prayer leader asks the challenging question, what would we leave behind in order to be closer to God.
Continue reading →Lenten Daily Reading – Day 43
Text: Isaiah 52:13-53:12
See, my servant shall prosper;
he shall be exalted and lifted up
and shall be very high.
COSTLY LOVE: Wednesday of Passion Week. I cannot separate myself from the events of the coming days. I try to be like the disciples – not knowing yet what’s coming – but I can’t. I know what’s coming.
Continue reading →GLORIFIED IN GOD: It is so difficult for us to understand the confusion of the disciples at this moment: they have all followed together, yet now one of them has left.
Continue reading →Lenten Daily Reading – Day 42
Text:Psalm 22
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Why are you so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning?
O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer;
and by night but find no rest.
HOPE IN THE PRESENCE: Jesus is present to us, even in our hopelessness.
Continue reading →Lenten Daily Reading – Day 41
Text: Philippians 2:1-11
“If, then, there is any comfort in Christ, any consolation from love, any partnership in the Spirit, any tender affection and sympathy, make my joy complete: be of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.”
