February 17/Saturday after Ash Wednesday Incline your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. Preserve my life, for I am devoted to you; be gracious to me, O LORD, for to you do I cry all day long. ~ Ps. 86.1-3 When my children were in elementary school, one of the principal goals that undergirded…
February 20/First Tuesday of Lent The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and his ears to their cry for help. When the righteous cry out, the LORD hears, and from all their troubles he rescues them. Near is the LORD to the brokenhearted, and the crushed in spirit he saves. ~ Ps 34.15, 17, 18 Body Language We…
February 16/Friday after Ash Wednesday For I acknowledge my offense, and my sin is before me always: “Against you only have I sinned, and done what is evil in your sight.” ~ Ps 51.5-6 One of my favorite New Yorker cartoons depicts a man and a woman facing each other. Her arms are folded, forbiddingly, across her chest. The man is…
February 15/Thursday after Ash Wednesday Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path that sinners tread, or sit in the seat of scoffers; but their delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law they meditate day and night. ~ Ps 1.1-2 In the past several years, a number of surveys…
February 14/Ash Wednesday Have mercy on me, O God, in your goodness; in the greatness of your compassion, wipe out my offenses. ~ Ps 51.3 On this Ash Wednesday, which by a whim of the calendar is also Valentine’s Day, we are called to turn from the sweet delights of the world to the dust and ashes of the penitential season. …
SONGS FOR LENT 2018: Podcast Information Dear Friends, Starting tomorrow, America Media will be running podcasts of the daily reflections. Here is the information for those who are interested. — — — — — — — — — — — — — To subscribe to “The Word” from an Apple device visit: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-word/id1320295636?mt=2 To subscribe from “The Word” from an Android…
This year’s Lenten reflections will begin on Ash Wednesday, February 14th. There will be a reflection each day of Lent except Sunday, which is a feast day. If you wish to receive reflections this year and are not already on the e-mail list, or if you have friends or colleagues who might be interested, the sign-up form is in the box to the…