Saturday in the First Week of Lent I would flee to a far-off place   and make my lodging in the wilderness. Psalm 55:8 With no morning rush for school or work or activities, the quiet of the house extends… Continue reading

Friday in the First Week of Lent Wash me through and through from my wickedness and cleanse me from my sin. Psalm 51:2 After walking by it three times, I finally pick up my fleece sweater and examine the stain… Continue reading

Thursday in the First Week of Lent Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart  be acceptable in your sight,  O Lord, my strength and my redeemer. Psalm 19:14 “I’ll ponder that in my heart,” my… Continue reading

Wednesday in the First Week of Lent Your statutes have been like songs to me wherever I have lived as a stranger. Psalm 119:54 I stand at the kitchen window looking out over the frozen yard. At first, all seems… Continue reading

Tuesday in the First Week of Lent The Feast of St. Matthias Restore us, O God of hosts show the light of your countenance,  and we shall be saved. Psalm 80:3 I am arrested by the boy’s appearance in the… Continue reading

Monday in the First Week of Lent If we have forgotten the Name of our God, or stretched out our hands to some strange god, Will not God find it out? for he knows the secrets of the heart.  Psalm… Continue reading

Saturday after Ash Wednesday Why are you so full of heaviness, O my soul?    and why are you so disquieted within me? Put your trust in God;   for I will yet give thanks to him,  who is the… Continue reading

Friday after Ash Wednesday Be strong and let your heart take courage,    all you who wait for the Lord.  Psalm 31:24 The extreme cold seems to have brought with it silence and stillness, as if it has us all… Continue reading

Thursday after Ash Wednesday Take delight in the Lord, and he shall give you your heart’s desires. Psalm 37:4 Already the quality of the light has begun to change. My morning commute no longer begins in pitch black, and the… Continue reading

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