Tuesday in the Second Week of Lent God alone is my rock and my salvation, my stronghold, so that I shall not be greatly shaken.Psalm 62:2 The morning dawns with a pale light that is enhanced as it is reflected… Continue reading

Monday in the Second Week of Lent Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful, for I have taken refuge in you; in the shadow of your wings will I take refuge until this time of trouble has gone by.… Continue reading

Saturday in the First Week of Lent You trace my journeys and my resting-places and are acquainted with all my ways. Psalm 139:2 For the umpteenth time, I thank God for being home. For cooking my own food. For sleeping… Continue reading

Friday in the First Week of Lent Happy are they who trust in the Lord! they do not resort to evil spirits or turn to false gods. Psalm 40:4 It is when I hear the words of complaint come out… Continue reading

Thursday in the First Week of Lent Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving and make good your vows to the Most High.Psalm 50:14 It begins modestly, my list of gratitudes. I think over the day that is past, and… 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 am without my comfortable chair and my morning tea in a favorite mug. I am… Continue reading

Tuesday in the First Week of Lent We have waited in silence on your loving-kindness, O God, in the midst of your temple. Psalm 48:8 I awake in the early morning from a dream of busyness. It takes me some… Continue reading

Monday in the First Week of Lent You plot ruin; your tongue is like a sharpened razor, O worker of deception. Psalm 52:2 For neither the first nor, I suspect, the last time this week, I rehearse the conversation in… Continue reading

Saturday after Ash Wednesday Oh Lord my God, I cried out to you, and you restored me to health. Psalm 30:2 I look out on the red buds of the maple tree outside my window and wonder how they will… Continue reading

Friday after Ash Wednesday You have not shut me up in the power of the enemy; you have set my feet in an open place. Psalm 31:8 As the morning sunshine splashes across the pages of my prayer book, the… Continue reading