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Lenten meditation
Today’s meditation, offered as part of a multi-authored series available through the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio @ http://www.dohio.org: It is a day like no other, this Thursday in the fifth week of Lent. It isn’t one of the “big” days, … Continue reading
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Tagged Episcopal Diocese of Ohio, family, Lent, loss, stroke
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Year C Lent 2: Temptations2: Too busy to be tempted
Last week, we left Jesus, or the devil left Jesus at the top of the temple, tempted to cast himself down into Jerusalem and wait upon the angels to save him from a cruel death. He was tempted to abandon … Continue reading
Posted in sermon
Tagged foxes, Genesis 15:1-18, gun control, Jerusalem, kingdom of God, Lent, Luke 13:31-35, Medicaid expansion, Phillippians 3:17-4:1, Psalm 27, repentance
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Be perfect: a Lenten discipline
This morning’s post was written as a contribution to a collection of daily Lenten reflections by thirty members of clergy of the Diocese of Ohio. The Rev Gayle Catinella, Rector of St Thomas, Berea, solicited, organized and produced the reflections, … Continue reading
Posted in lectionary reflection, meditation
Tagged be perfect, Daily Office, discipline, Gayle Catinella, grace, Lent, Lesser Feasts and Fasts, Matthew 5:48
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Burning
I’m sitting up tending a pot of palms as they slowly disintegrate into ash. Under the surface red and orange molten lava moves, shifting and sifting through the burnt and unburnt bits and branches, preparing their repentance for their part … Continue reading
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Tagged Ash Wednesday, Lent, liturgy, making ashes from palms, Palm Sunday, the Passion
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Year C, Last Sunday after the Epiphany: Transformative prayer
The season of Sundays following the Epiphany is bookended by that voice from heaven that declares that Jesus is the beloved Son of God. On the Sunday following the Epiphany, at the Baptism of Our Lord, the heavens are opened … Continue reading
Stations of the Cross
I have spent some time this week replacing our traditional Stations of the Cross – marked by burlap and felt minimally abstracted designs hung at fourteen points around the church sanctuary – with “interactive” or “experiential” Stations. I think I’ll … Continue reading
Anglican prayer beads: A Lenten cycle
Revised and updated Lent 2019. A previous version used “Week” to describe the Cruciform beads, and divided those weeks into “Days” for the smaller 28 beads – which is how I was taught the terminology. However, having discovered that this … Continue reading
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Tagged anglican rosary, book of common prayer, Book of Occasional Services, Lent, meditation, prayer, prayer beads
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The slow fast
The slow fast ekes out each last bite of emptiness, hungry for desire.
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