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Wednesday break reflection
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A thought to start with
In the rising of the Lord
as the stone was rolled away
the world found new hope and a new beginning.
Today as we come before the risen Lord
knowing he is risen indeed
we too are looking for new hope.
Hope that our world will not just return to the ways we knew,
but that there will be something new too;
a desire for us to echo the words of the poet Hafez.
From 700 years ago he inspires us today.
It happens all the time in heaven, he wrote
What happens all the time in heaven?
With tears in their eyes,
they will sincerely see, saying
'My dear,
How can I be more loving to you;
How can I be more...
kind?'
as the stone was rolled away
the world found new hope and a new beginning.
Today as we come before the risen Lord
knowing he is risen indeed
we too are looking for new hope.
Hope that our world will not just return to the ways we knew,
but that there will be something new too;
a desire for us to echo the words of the poet Hafez.
From 700 years ago he inspires us today.
It happens all the time in heaven, he wrote
What happens all the time in heaven?
With tears in their eyes,
they will sincerely see, saying
'My dear,
How can I be more loving to you;
How can I be more...
kind?'
A verse or two from Mark 16
Do not be alarmed. You are looking fro Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been raised; he is not here
Tell hs disciples and Peter that he has gone ahead of you to Galilee.
Tell hs disciples and Peter that he has gone ahead of you to Galilee.
We bow our heads for a moment in prayer
O gracious God
You reminds us in the difficulties and uncertainties of life to look to Jesus
So we do that right now.
Help us not just to see the man hanging on that cross
but also to stand by the empty tomb and hear the young man dressed in white
reminding us that Jesus is waiting to meet us in all that we face.
So now quietly we take time to rest in your lap what is concerning us;
our little worries,
our large anxieties.
Hear our thoughts and prayers for
our friends,
our community,
those who still are working, often risking their health to help us through this time,
and our world too.
Let each of them feel your special peace.
and help us all to hold onto your promises;
to look up and focus on your son Jesus,
for we find strength through Christ alone,
Amen
You reminds us in the difficulties and uncertainties of life to look to Jesus
So we do that right now.
Help us not just to see the man hanging on that cross
but also to stand by the empty tomb and hear the young man dressed in white
reminding us that Jesus is waiting to meet us in all that we face.
So now quietly we take time to rest in your lap what is concerning us;
our little worries,
our large anxieties.
Hear our thoughts and prayers for
our friends,
our community,
those who still are working, often risking their health to help us through this time,
and our world too.
Let each of them feel your special peace.
and help us all to hold onto your promises;
to look up and focus on your son Jesus,
for we find strength through Christ alone,
Amen
And after we pray, we go and prepare.
The trees are coming into leaf
Like something almost being said;
The recent buds relax and spread,
their greenness is a kind of grief.
Is it that they are born again
and we grow old? No they die too,
Their yearly trick of looking new
is written down in rings of grain.
Yet still the unresting castles thresh
In fullgrown thickness every may.
Last year is dead, they seem to say,
Begin afresh, afresh, afresh.
Philip Larkin
Like something almost being said;
The recent buds relax and spread,
their greenness is a kind of grief.
Is it that they are born again
and we grow old? No they die too,
Their yearly trick of looking new
is written down in rings of grain.
Yet still the unresting castles thresh
In fullgrown thickness every may.
Last year is dead, they seem to say,
Begin afresh, afresh, afresh.
Philip Larkin
May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you,
Amen
Amen
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Bible reading plan
oHere's a simple bible reading plan for the next few weeks taken from Janie Stuart's favourite Bible commentator-Dale Bruner. He calls it making a home with Jesus. (John 15). His suggestion is that we read a a book a month, reading a chapter a day and think about what we have read and what is happening in our lives. Since some books are have fewer chapters than days in the month, then you either get to have a few days holiday or spend time chewing over passages that caught your attention in that particular book.
His scheme for the next few months would be:
March: Luke 1-24
April: John 1-21
May: Acts 1-28
June: Romans: 1-16
We are part way through the gospel of Luke in the church so I would suggest the following:
March 22 to April 12 Luke 10 -24
April 13 to May 3: John 1-21
May: Acts 1-28 which would gets us back onto Dale's plan but let us read and reflect on the Easter story at Easter.
His scheme for the next few months would be:
March: Luke 1-24
April: John 1-21
May: Acts 1-28
June: Romans: 1-16
We are part way through the gospel of Luke in the church so I would suggest the following:
March 22 to April 12 Luke 10 -24
April 13 to May 3: John 1-21
May: Acts 1-28 which would gets us back onto Dale's plan but let us read and reflect on the Easter story at Easter.
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