A silent day. There can be great love in silent listening. The great mystics know this. … [Read more...] about 5th day of Lent
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1st Sunday in Lent
Jesus said: "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength." Wow, what a tall order! Yesterday I wondered at how exhausting this could be.But in answer to yesterday's two pitfalls about trying to love God, today I think of these words as an invitation. After all, God has loved us before we … [Read more...] about 1st Sunday in Lent
4th day of Lent
Today, I am off to officiate at a wedding. As of this moment I am still wondering what to say for the "meditation." Something about love, of course. But that word "love" is so over-used, under-used and inappropriately used. It's become a cover for likes and lusts and interests of the moment.Does love God = love brownies? Of course not. Then again, maybe for some of us … [Read more...] about 4th day of Lent
3rd day of Lent
If there is anything that the first two days of Lent have reminded me of, it is this: that I can't on my own love God with all my heart-soul-mind-strength or love my neighbor as myself. Only some hefty work of God's Spirit can begin to shape my life to follow this way of living.This morning I read in the email devotions I receive :The ability - and the responsibility - to … [Read more...] about 3rd day of Lent
2nd day of Lent
This is the second day of Lent, the second day of our Lenten practice of reciting Mark 12: 29-31:Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. And the second is this, Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment than these.I must say, … [Read more...] about 2nd day of Lent