Moment Six: Agony “The God of curved space, the dry God, is not going to help us, but the son whose blood splattered the hem of his mother’s robe.” – Jane Kenyon, Looking at Stars “Christ on the Mount of Olives,” by El Greco, 1541-1614, (Toledo, Ohio), The Toledo Museum of Art Opening Prayer: May [...]
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Moment Five: Betrayal “The Taking of Christ” National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin c. 1602 Opening Prayer: Most gracious, compassionate and loving God. We praise you for your everlasting faithfulness in spite of all we do to separate ourselves from you. We thank you for your grace and love when we stumble or even walk away [...]
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Moment Four: Triumph “Entry into Jerusalem,” 12th Century Mosaic, S. Marco, Venice Opening Prayer: Holy Spirit of God open my heart and mind to see who I am in the light of Your Truth. Where I need to grow, grant me grace. Where I need to heal, grant me patience. Where I need to be [...]
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“How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!…” 1 John 3:1 “For even the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Mark 10:45 [...]
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Moment Two: The Transfiguration “Be still and know that I am God …” Psalm 46:10 “We made known to you the power … of our Lord Jesus Christ … for we were with him on the holy mountain.” 2 Peter 1:16-38 Opening Prayer: Most gracious, compassionate, and loving God. As we continue our Living Lent [...]
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Moment One: The Temptation in the Wilderness “I must grasp life at is depth.” Vincent Van Gogh, The Complete Letters, 197, I, 365 “Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him.” Psalm 37.7 “The Temptation in the Wilderness” by John St. John Long (1824) Opening Prayer: Holy Spirit of God: As we begin [...]
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In this sermon, Peter Haas uses the story of Jesus walking on the water (Mark 6.45ff) to teach spiritual principles for living in life, and how the Lenten practices aid us in “sealing us” from the life influences that so often swamp us with fear.
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And now O God of perfect timing, enter into each of our hearts and find the city-center in us ready to receive and surrender to your love in its embodied form and in its eternal formlessness . We have been preparing for the entrance of your Word through this Lenten Journey and now we feel [...]
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Prepare us to feel the wound of love through our shouts of hosanna as we find in our own hearts the path laden with good intentions as well as the reality of how quickly we can turn and harden the affections of our heart and change the opinions of our mind. From “hosanna” to “crucify” is [...]
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Anointed now by the remembrance of Spirit, we wish to speak as love. Act as truth. Be as grace. Help us remember and reclaim that we are the living demonstration of divine presence right here, right now. We surrender to the mystery of our possible participation as the continuing incarnation of Christ by the power of the [...]
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