Saturday after the Second Sunday in Lent - Notes and Reflections

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Opening Sentence

To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, because we have rebelled against him and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God by following his laws which he set before us.
+ Daniel 9:9,10
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Read Today |Saturday | 27 February 2016
Psalm 76 | Literary type | Liturgy? | click here
We give thanks; we wait for the judgement of God for it is just; we wait...
Genesis 43 The continuing saga - the brothers are brought into Joseph's house; Joseph is overcome and cries when he sees his brothers particularly his new brother; a fest is made; Egyptians sit away from the Hebrews; Benjamin's portion are 5 times that of the other brothers.
1 Corinthians 7 Continued discussion on marriage; keep the unbelieving spouse for you might be their salvation; Keep the life that God has given you; God accepts you as is. Mark 5 Jesus heals a man taunted by a legion of demons; in this unique conversation, the demons recognize Jesus and for mercy; they give Jesus an option to send them to a herd of pigs; pigs go insane and kill themselves; the healed man is asked by Jesus to stay and proclaim what God has done for him; and he does through out that region. What must have it been like for the huge and mighty man being healed and now is called to be an evangelist? From one solitary life of illness to another in service to God? Background - Click here
Today - How are you healed by God and how are you going to tell your friends about it?
Read Tomorrow | Sunday | 28 February 2016

Ps. 93 96; Ps. 34; Gen. 44:1–17; Rom. 8:1–10; John 5:25–29 

Read Leap Day | Monday | 29 February 2016 Psalm 80; Genesis 44:18-34; 1 Corinthians 7:25-31; Mark 5:21-43

Collect of the Day: The Second Sunday in Lent

O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy: Be gracious to all who have gone astray from your ways, and bring them again with penitent hearts and steadfast faith to embrace and hold fast the unchangeable truth of your Word, Jesus Christ your Son; who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.


For Mission

Lord Jesus Christ, you stretched out your arms of love on the hard wood of the cross that everyone might come within the reach of your saving embrace: So clothe us in your Spirit that we, reaching forth our hands in love, may bring those who do not know you to the knowledge and love of you; for the honor of your Name. Amen.

Source | Book of Common Prayer | Mission St Clare | Click here


Sources | Morning Office in Audio | Click here
Biblegateway.com | Click here    
New Oxford Annotated Bible | Click here
Mission St Clare | Click here
Lectionary Page | Click here
John Collins | Introduction to the Hebrew Bible | Click here
Mark Allen Powell | Introduction the New Testament | Click here

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