Posts in Lent
Into your hands, I commit my spirit: Saturday, Holy Week Vigil

Each day of Holy Week, we’ll keep vigil with Christ, each other, and our own selves.

Look: I’ll Meet You In the Morning, Daniel Callis

Listen: Last Words - a playlist for our Holy Week Vigil

Read: Psalm 88; Psalm 27; Job 19:21-27a; Hebrews 4:1-16

Pray: Book of Common Prayer, The Collect for Holy Saturday

Do: Reflect on Jesus’ last words on the cross and your own lament stories.

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It is finished: Friday, Holy Week Vigil

Each day of Holy Week, we’ll keep vigil with Christ, each other, and our own selves.

Look: Calvary, John Martin - Source

Listen: Last Words - a playlist for our Holy Week Vigil

Read: Psalm 22; Psalm 40:1-19; Psalm 54; Genesis 22:1-14; 1 Peter 1:10-20; John 13:36-38

Pray: Book of Common Prayer, The Collect for Good Friday

Do: Reflect on Jesus’ last words on the cross and your own lament stories.

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I thirst: Thursday, Holy Week Vigil

Each day of Holy Week, we’ll keep vigil with Christ, each other, and our own selves.

Look: Eucharist, Daniel Bonnell - Source

Listen: Last Words - a playlist for our Holy Week Vigil

Read: Psalm 102; Psalm 142, 143; Jeremiah 20:7-11; 1 Corinthians 10:14-17, 11:27-32; John 17

Pray: Book of Common Prayer, The Collect for Maundy Thursday

Do: Reflect on Jesus’ last words on the cross and your own lament stories.

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My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?: Wednesday, Holy Week Vigil

Each day of Holy Week, we’ll keep vigil with Christ, each other, and our own selves.

Look: A boy fleeing the conflict in Ukraine walks past a crucifix with a suitcase after crossing the Moldova-Ukraine border checkpoint near the town of Palanca, on March 2, 2022, seven days after Russia's military invasion of Ukraine, Nikolay Doychinov/AFP - Source

Listen: Last Words - a playlist for our Holy Week Vigil

Read: Psalm 55; Psalm 74; Jeremiah 17:5-10, 14-17; Philippians 4:1-13; John 12:27-36

Pray: Book of Common Prayer, The Collect for Wednesday of Holy Week

Do: Reflect on Jesus’ last words on the cross and your own lament stories.

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Here is your mother; here is your son: Tuesday, Holy Week Vigil

Each day of Holy Week, we’ll keep vigil with Christ, each other, and our own selves.

Look: Easter, 1996, Laura James

Listen: Last Words - a playlist for our Holy Week Vigil

Read: Psalm 6, 12; Psalm 94; Jeremiah 15:10-21; Philippians 3:15-21; John 12:20-26

Pray: Book of Common Prayer, The Collect for Tuesday of Holy Week

Do: Reflect on Jesus’ last words on the cross and your own lament stories.

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Today you will be with me: Monday, Holy Week Vigil

Each day of Holy Week, we’ll keep vigil with Christ, each other, and our own selves.

Look: Latorlépés: Thief Step, Zellei Boglárka Éva

Listen: Last Words - a playlist for our Holy Week Vigil

Read: Psalm 51; Psalm 69:1-23; Jeremiah 12:1-16; Philippians 3:1-14; John 12:9-19

Pray: Book of Common Prayer, The Collect for Monday of Holy Week

Do: Reflect on Jesus’ last words on the cross and your own lament stories.

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Father, forgive them: Palm Sunday, Holy Week Vigil

Each day of Holy Week, we’ll keep vigil with Christ, each other, and our own selves.

Look: Triumphal Entry, The (after Duccio), Wayne Forte - Source

Listen: Last Words - a playlist for our Holy Week Vigil

Read: Matthew 21:1-11; Psalm 118:19-29

Pray: Book of Common Prayer, The Collect for Palm Sunday

Do: Reflect on Jesus’ last words on the cross and your own lament stories.

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We Sat Down and Wept: Lent Daybook 39

Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40+ days of prayerful repentance.

Look: An den Wassern Babylons (By the Rivers of Babylon), Gebhard Fugel - Source

Listen: By the Waters of Babylon (Psalm 137) (Traditional Kievan Chant), St. Symeon Orthodox Church Choir - Spotify | YouTube 

Read: Psalm 137:1-9, 144; Psalm 42-43; Jeremiah 31:27-34; Romans 11:25-36; John 12:37-50

Pray & Do: On Saturdays during Lent, we’ll spend about 15 minutes practicing a devotional exercise known as an examen.

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You Don't Know the Cost: Lent Daybook 38

Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40+ days of prayerful repentance.

Look: Anointing His Feet #2, Wayne Forte - Source 

Listen: Alabaster Box, CeCe Winans - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube  

Read: Psalm 22; Psalm 141, 143:1-12; Jeremiah 29:1,4-13; Romans 11:13-24; John 12:1-10

Pray: On Fridays during Lent, we will pray the traditionally-read prayers of the daily office that draw us into Psalm 95, known in Latin as the Invitatory and the Venite.

Do: Fast from one kind of food, one meal, or one whole day of eating today.

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Stones: Lent Daybook 37

Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40+ days of prayerful repentance.

Look: Collection - 27 (Stone), Maki Haku - Source

Listen: A Town On Fire, Matthew S. Nelson, Dan Haseltine, Ruby Amanfu - Spotify | YouTube

Read: Psalm 131-133; Psalm 140, 142; Jeremiah 26:1-16; Romans 11:1-12; John 10:19-42

Pray: On Thursdays during Lent, I invite you to sit silently for five minutes, praying only the ‘Jesus Prayer.’

Do: This week, we’ll fast from anxious productivity and feast on acts of rest and renewal instead.

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Cry: Lent Daybook 36

Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40+ days of prayerful repentance.

Color del dolor: 21 Uvalde murals of Robb Elementary victims use paint to heal pain. - Source

  1. Ana Rodriguez and her sons, Adrean and Caleb, paint a small blue fish as part of the mural in memory of her daughter, Maite, in Uvalde on July 24. Credit: Evan L'Roy for The Texas Tribune - Source

Listen: Such Things Should Never Happen, Nick Cave - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read: Psalm 119:145-176; Psalm 128-130; Jeremiah 25:30-38; Romans 10:14-21; John 10:1-18

Pray: On Wednesdays, we'll pray the Confession and Litany of Penitence from the Ash Wednesday service in the Book of Common Prayer.

Do: On Wednesdays through Lent, consider fasting from spending money, and feast on giving alms instead.

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Where will my help come from?: Lent Daybook 35

Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40+ days of prayerful repentance.

Look: Sheep in the Moonlight, Craigie Aitchison - Source | HT

Listen: Travelers Psalm, Andy Zipf - Spotify | YouTube

Read:Psalm 120-127; Jeremiah 25:8-17; Romans 10:1-13; John 9:18-41

Pray: A Body Prayer from Julian of Norwich (adapted from this source).

Do: This week, we’ll fast from anxious productivity and feast on acts of rest and renewal instead.

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Why have you made me like this?: Lent Daybook 34

Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40+ days of prayerful repentance.

Look: Potter (I have lost track of this source.)

Listen: Abba, The Worship Initiative - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube 

Read: Psalm 31; Psalm 35; Jeremiah 24:1-10; Romans 9:19-33; John 9:1-17

Pray : The Lord's Prayer - Adapted from this source and sign up to receive the free Holy Week blog series and a Zoom link for exclusive access to a conversation with this year’s guest storytellers.

Do: Watch the pottery video and pray for the Holy Spirit to enlarge your imagination about how He works in your life

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Can These Bones Live?: Fifth Sunday in Lent

Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40+ days of prayerful repentance.

Look: Resurrection of Lazarus, Henry Ossawa Tanner - Source

Listen: Psalm 130: 'Out of the deep have I called unto Thee, O Lord', Choir of Westminster Abbey - Spotify | YouTube

Read: Ezekiel 37:1-14; Psalm 130; Romans 6:15-23; John 11:1-44

Pray: The Collect for the Fifth Sunday in Lent

Do: On Sundays during Lent, we break our fast (at least partially) and feast on poetry!

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He Satisfies the Thirsty and the Hungry He Fills With Good Things: Lent Daybook 31

Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40+ days of prayerful repentance.

Look: Look: Last Supper, Margaret Ackland - Source

Listen: Comunión, Maverick City Música (feat. Aaron Moses & Blanca) - Lyrics in English | Spotify w/ lyrics in Spanish | YouTube w/ lyrics in Spanish 

Read: Psalm 102; Psalm 107:1-32; Jeremiah 23:1-8; Romans 8:28-39; John 6:52-59

Pray: Pray: On Fridays during Lent, we will pray the traditionally-read prayers of the daily office that draw us into Psalm 95, known in Latin as the Invitatory and the Venite.

Do: Fast from one kind of food, one meal, or one whole day of eating today.

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Pangs: Lent Daybook 30

Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40+ days of prayerful repentance.

Is this your first time to practice Lent? Here's a simple introduction.

Look: Wind, 2020, Denis Sarazhin - Source

Listen: Hunger, Florence + The Machines - Spotify | YouTube w/ lyrics

Read: Psalm 69; Psalm 73; Jeremiah 22:13-23; Romans 8:12-27; John 6:41-51

Pray: On Thursdays during Lent, I invite you to sit silently for five minutes, praying only the ‘Jesus Prayer.’

Do: This week fast from taking offense. Feast on acts of forgiveness instead.

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The Bread of God: Lent Daybook 29

Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40+ days of prayerful repentance.

Look: 1. The residents of the area have banded together to buy as much food as they can for the rescue teams, Feb. 2023, Ahmad al-Salim/Al Jazeera - Source

2. Preparing hot meals for quake survivors in northern Syria, (A month on, WFP staff work flat out to assist Türkiye-Syria earthquake victims”), March 2023, WFP/Ghazawari Jabasini - Source

Listen: Nobody Knows, Pastor T.L. Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read: Psalm 101, 109; Psalm 119:121-144; Jeremiah 18:1-11; Romans 8:1-11; John 6:27-40

Pray: On Wednesdays, we'll pray the Confession and Litany of Penitence from the Ash Wednesday service in the Book of Common Prayer.

Do: On Wednesdays through Lent, consider fasting from spending money, and feast on giving alms instead.

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Do Not Fear: Lent Daybook 28

Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40+ days of prayerful repentance.

Look: Walking On the Water, Roman Barabakh - Source

Listen: Nothing to Fear, The Porter’s Gate - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read: Psalm 97, 99-100; Psalm 94; Jeremiah 17:19-27; Romans 7:13-25; John 6:16-27

Pray: A Body Prayer from Julian of Norwich (adapted from this source)

Do: This week fast from taking offense. Feast on acts of forgiveness instead.

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