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Prayer
for Lent
Almighty
God, you alone can bring into order the unruly wills and affections of
sinners; grant your people grace to love what you command and desire what
you promise, that among the swift and varied changes of the world, our
hearts may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found through
Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy
Spirit, one God, now and for
ever. Amen.
[Guide us, Lord, to walk in the path
in which you would lead us.....]
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Good Friday Homily
April 21, 2000
Fr. Joseph Neiman
Why was Christ
killed?
The traditional answer to that question
is that God sent Jesus into the world to suffer and die on the Cross to
take away our sins. The theologians since Anselm in the 11th
century, Thomas Aquinas in the 13th century and John Calvin in
the 16th century, have taught that Jesus died to atone for our
sins, to make satisfaction, or to pay the debt owed to the infinite God
because of human sin. They taught that only a divine person could repay
such a debt, and that Jesus took away all human sin by his death on the
cross, not only that of 1st century people, but also yours and
mine today. That has led to the teaching: accept Jesus as Lord, welcome
him into your heart, and your sins are taken away, you are made right with
God.
This approach, which I believe is true in
part, leads easily to a Jesus and I understanding of spirituality. Jesus
has saved me, and I need to claim that reality and live accordingly.
I believe that is much too narrow a view
of the death of Jesus. I would like this evening to expand that view with
some historical and sociological information which might help us to
develop in this new millennium a more communal spirituality, one that
helps us live out our Baptismal promise wherein we promised to "strive for
justice and peace among all people, and [to] respect the dignity of every
human being" (BCP P. 294).
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Daily Meditation
written by Henri Nouwen
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The Church is a very human organization but also the garden
of God's grace. It is a place where great sanctity keeps
blooming. Saints are people who make the living Christ
visible to us in a special way. Some saints have given
their lives in the service of Christ and his Church; others
have spoken and written words that keep nurturing us; some
have lived heroically in difficult situations; others have
remained hidden in quiet lives of prayer and meditation;
some were prophetic voices calling for renewal; others were
spiritual strategists setting up large organizations or
networks of people; some were healthy and strong; others
were quite sick, and often anxious and insecure.
But all of them in their own ways lived in the Church as in
a garden where they heard the voice calling them the Beloved
and where they found the courage to make Jesus the center of
their lives.
[My Motto]
The Lord God has given me
the tongue of a teacher,
that I may know how to sustain
the weary with a word.
Morning by morning he wakens—
wakens my ear
to listen as those who are taught.
5The Lord God
has opened my ear,
and I was not rebellious,
I did not turn backwards
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“Repent
and believe the good news…" 
