Sunday, February 21, 2016 - Second Sunday in Lent
Worship: 8 & 10:45
am
Readings: Gen. 15:1-12; 17-18; Ps. 27; Phil. 3:17-4:1; Luke
13:31-35
Gospel
Acclamation: The Son of Man must be
lifted up, that whoever believes in Him may have eternal life. (John 3:14-15)
"Ash Wednesday confronts us with what we have become
and prods us to do better. Indeed, Lent, we learn on Ash Wednesday, is not
about abnegation, about denying ourselves for the sake of denying ourselves…It
is about opening our hearts one more time to the Word of God in the hope that,
this time, hearing it anew, we might allow ourselves to become new as a result
of it. It is the call to prayer, to liturgy, to the cocreation of the world. It
is about our rising to the full stature of human reflection and, as a result,
accepting the challenge to become fully alive, fully human rather than simply,
grossly, abysmally, self-centeredly human."
Joan Chittister (b. 1936), The
Liturgical Year
O God, our shelter,
your promises reach across the generations into each day and life. May we live
out the fulfillment of your promise. Amen
- Write out a family tree of
people who have guided you on the path of faith.
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