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Empty
Holy Saturday Will you wonders be known in the dark? or your righteousness in the country where all is forgotten? Psalm 88:13 weariness meets the morning bright and fresh and sorrow laden birds and blades of grass hold their breath… Continue reading
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Final turn
Good Friday For innumerable troubles have crowded upon me; my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see; they are more in number than the hairs of my head, and my heart fails me. Psalm 40:13 the path leads to… Continue reading
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Costly
Maundy Thursday When my spirit languishes within me, you know my path. Psalm 142:3 precious a shared meal with friends close at hand laughing and longing sacred offering to serve to touch to wipe clean the dust of the day… Continue reading
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every time
Wednesday in Holy Week I am shaken by the noise of the enemy and by the pressure of the wicked Psalm 55:3 every time every time I come to this juncture I am caught off guard by the noise… Continue reading
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Turn
Tuesday in Holy Week Turn, O Lord, and deliver me; save me for your mercy’s sake. Psalm 6:4 the way circles back again turning in on itself yet at every turn mercy is there to greet me Image by Wolfgang… Continue reading
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Paradox
Monday in Holy Week Give me the joy of your saving help again and sustain me with your bountiful Spirit. Psalm 51:13 I cross the threshold into the incongruity of this week; contradiction, the welcome mat ambiguity overshadows the path… Continue reading
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Athirst
Saturday in the Fifth Week of Lent My soul is athirst for God, athirst for the living God; when shall I come to appear before the presence of God? Psalm 42:2 The Lenten landscape feels oddly quiet in this moment.… Continue reading
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Morning welcome
Friday in the Fifth Week of Lent Let me hear of your loving-kindness in the morning, for I put my trust in you; show me the road that I must walk, for I lift up my soul to you. Psalm… Continue reading
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Compline
Thursday in the Fifth Week of Lent Feast of the Annunciation But I still my soul and make it quiet, like a child upon its mother’s breast; my soul is quieted within me. Psalm 131:3 At the end of… Continue reading
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Necessary emptiness
Wednesday in the Fifth Week of Lent My soul waits for the Lord, more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning. Psalm 130:5 I add the meeting to an open spot on my calendar without even… Continue reading