Into our broken world you came, Lord Jesus. You embraced our darkness, even though you are pure light.
COVID – Prayer-14: Waiting for the Lord’s Time
Dear Lord, our God,
These days, we have
been waiting for the lock-down to be lifted, so that we can travel freely, explore
the streets and stores, meet with friends and family and continue to catch up
with our commitments, assignments and exams. Sometimes, Lord, this waiting has
been difficult, worrisome, exhausting and frustrating.
COVID – Prayer-13: Change in Our Lives
Lord, our God,
You have asked us to get into a “Noah’s Ark” these days, an ark that was made according to a particular size, design, shape and material. We were asked to make a journey of uncertain length, floating in unknown waters, not knowing where it would go and when it would end and how we would survive. We were only asked to trust in the Lord. Forty days and forty nights it rained, the winds swayed and tossed the boat like a toy in the turbulent waters. We were only asked to trust in the Lord.
You have asked us to get into a “Noah’s Ark” these days, an ark that was made according to a particular size, design, shape and material. We were asked to make a journey of uncertain length, floating in unknown waters, not knowing where it would go and when it would end and how we would survive. We were only asked to trust in the Lord. Forty days and forty nights it rained, the winds swayed and tossed the boat like a toy in the turbulent waters. We were only asked to trust in the Lord.
COVID- Prayer 11: Prayer for Peace and Happiness
COVID Prayer – 11 - Prayer for Peace and Happiness
Lord our God,
There is always some kind of longing in us. Essentially, it is a longing for happiness and contentment.
So, when there are problems at work, we long for solutions and to be free from trouble so that we can be productive and effective at work.
Lord our God,
There is always some kind of longing in us. Essentially, it is a longing for happiness and contentment.
So, when there are problems at work, we long for solutions and to be free from trouble so that we can be productive and effective at work.
5th Week of Lent, Saturday, Apr 4th
Ezekiel 37:21-28 / John
11:45-56
Jesus does remarkable things: Many people
put their trust in him.
There’s
a scene in My Fair Lady in which Eliza
Doolittle grows weary of Freddy’s daily letters, telling her how much he loves
her. In a burst of frustration, she begins to sing the song “Show Me.” In the
song she says she’s sick of words. She’s sick of all this talk of stars
“burning above.” “If there’s really any love burning in your heart, show me.” (adapted). Jesus had done everything he could do to show the Jews his love for them.
Some Jews eventually saw it and “began to believe in him”; many others did not.
COVID Prayer 10 – Pray for Healing
Lord
our God, you alone are worthy of honour, glory, and praise. With You, we can
overcome every storm—including the global impact COVID-19 is having on our
world.
5th Week of Lent, Friday, Apr 3rd
Jeremiah
20:10-13 / John 10:31-42
The Jews rebuke Jesus: “You, a man, are
making yourself God.”
One
night the Philadelphia Orchestra, under the baton of Leopold Stokowski, was
performing a Beethoven overture. In
it, a part for a trumpet is played offstage. When the time came for the
offstage trumpet, there was no sound. Stokowski was furious. Again, the time
came for the offstage trumpet. Again,
there was only silence. After the overture ended, Stokowski
stormed off the stage to find the trumpet player. There
he was, his arms pinned to his side by a burly security guard who said, “This
nut was trying to play his horn while your concert was going on out there.”
5th Week of Lent, Thursday, Apr 2nd
Genesis 17:3-9 / John 8:51-59
Jesus speaks about himself: “Before Abraham
came to be, I AM.”
The
unusual verbal formula “I AM” without a predicate is
found often in John (e.g., 6:20; 8:24, 28, 58). It is also found in the synoptics (e.g., Mark 14:62, Matthew
14:27). The formula is the same one that Yahweh used to identify himself in a
solemn, revelatory way in the Old Testament (e.g.,
Exodus 3:6,14; 20:2). Use of the formula places Jesus on a par with Yahweh
himself.
Palm Sunday A - Liturgical Prayers
I. BLESSING OF PALMS AND PROCESSION
Introduction by the Celebrant
A. Jerusalem: Place Of Suffering And Of TriumphWe know from the school of life that not every day is a day of joy and bliss: there are also gloomy days of suffering, of disappointments and failure. But today, on Palm Sunday “of the Lord’s Passion,” we are told in no uncertain terms that this was the freely accepted lot of no less than Jesus himself. First, we see him acclaimed in a small triumph, but then we hear how he is led to his death. One week from now, on Easter Sunday, we will hear it clearly and emphatically stated that his death led to the triumph of his own resurrection; we will also hear of the forgiveness and life he brings us. We unite ourselves with Our Lord in his triumph and in his suffering and death and we pray that he will make our life and death as acceptable and meaningful as his.
Introduction by the Celebrant
A. Jerusalem: Place Of Suffering And Of TriumphWe know from the school of life that not every day is a day of joy and bliss: there are also gloomy days of suffering, of disappointments and failure. But today, on Palm Sunday “of the Lord’s Passion,” we are told in no uncertain terms that this was the freely accepted lot of no less than Jesus himself. First, we see him acclaimed in a small triumph, but then we hear how he is led to his death. One week from now, on Easter Sunday, we will hear it clearly and emphatically stated that his death led to the triumph of his own resurrection; we will also hear of the forgiveness and life he brings us. We unite ourselves with Our Lord in his triumph and in his suffering and death and we pray that he will make our life and death as acceptable and meaningful as his.
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