In Psalm 63, which is entitled “A Psalm of David, when he was in the Judean Desert,” the psalmist speaks of the soul’s hunger and thirst — and the rich feast that feeds the soul.
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In Psalm 63, which is entitled “A Psalm of David, when he was in the Judean Desert,” the psalmist speaks of the soul’s hunger and thirst — and the rich feast that feeds the soul.
One day an expert in the law approached Jesus and asked a question to “test” him: “Which commandment in the law is the greatest?”
One of the central scripture readings in the season of Lent is the 51st Psalm. Part of that psalm reads, “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me.”
Our scripture reading comes after a challenging time for Elijah, the prophet. You can read that part of the story in the preceding verses, but suffice it to say that it was a time of intense and productive activity, relational conflict, physical exhaustion, a major success, and a crushing disappointment.
The writer Annie Dillard once said that if we truly heard the radical character of the Easter story we should go to church wearing a crash helmet.
It occurs to me that we always live in an in-between time — no longer the past and not yet the future. We live between past and future.
How do you most often use the word “hope” or hear the word being used?
In today’s reading, we have Jesus’ words preparing his disciples for the lonely time when he is no longer physically with them.
The first eleven verses of the Sermon on the Mount describe those who are “blessed,” a translation of the Greek word makarios, meaning “superabundant joy.”
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Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. (Matthew 6:9-13)
