Listen To Lent

These materials are offered to you as a way to listen to and pray through the season of Lent; a season of reflection, prayer and growth. The lessons are from the Daily Readings of the ELW and are intended to read us up to and away from the Sundays in Lent. The readings that begin on Wednesday lead us toward the Sunday readings and the Monday and Tuesday readings lead us away from Sunday.

Offered here is a simple way to make use of the readings each day, may you find it helpful to your Lenten discipline.


Begin

In the name of the Father, and of the + Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

The First Lesson

The Psalm


The Second Lesson

The Gospel.

Reflect

Spend a few moments reflecting on a word or phrase or question that caught your attention. Write something about it if you are so moved.

The Prayers

Bring before God your thoughts, concerns and celebrations.

Close with the Lord’s Prayer

Benediction

The Lord Almighty order our days and our deeds in peace. Amen.

Enjoy the journey. Let us pray together.

March 8, 2010

Monday

Psalm 39
Jeremiah 11:1-17
Romans 2:1-11
Ah, the psalm and the reading in Romans both offer up caution to us lest we judge others while sinning ourselves. Our judgment does not matter, in the end God will judge us all - he will repay according to each one's deeds. If we do the judging, we condemn ourselves. Sometimes that is a trap we fall into when we are trying to do the most good.
Do you look around at others to see what they are doing for Lent? Do you hold up your own discipline as a model? Our journey is ours alone - both in Lent and as we find and follow the path of Jesus. We can not judge the journey and discipline of others because we are not in their shoes and we are not using the same map. God knows and he is with us, each of us, even when our paths are divergent.
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