Year C Deuteronomy 26:1-11 Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16 Romans 10:8b-13 Luke 4:1-13 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… Our reading from Deuteronomy today… is more than just a story… it’s a liturgy of thanksgiving… it establishes the ritual remembrance of God’s liberating act… it instructs God’s people… to remember their status as aliens… and...
Year C Joel 2:1-2,12-17 Psalm 103:8-14 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10 Matthew 6:1-6,16-21 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… We are all going to die… it’s not really… ever… a pleasant fact… but it is a fact of life… that the other end of birth… is death… and the vast majority of us humans… do...
My Lord,My sins are likeThe highest mountain;My good deedsAre very few,They’re like a small pebble.I turn to You,My heart full of shame,My eyes full of tears.Bestow YourForgiveness and MercyUpon me.~ from Supplication by Sami Yusuf Lent assaults our mistaken sense of ourselves. It challenges the notion that we’re capable and self-sufficient; that we can...