Daily Lent Prayer
"Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth shall declare your praise."


Opening Prayer:
Let us pray 
 for a greater faith and love. 

Father of peace,
we are joyful in your Word, 
your Son Jesus Christ,
who reconciles us to you.
Let us hasten toward Easter 
with the eagerness of faith and love.

We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.

 Alternate Opening Prayer:
Let us pray 
 that by growing in love this Lenten season
 we may bring the peace of Christ to our world. 

God our Father,
your Word, Jesus Christ, spoke peace to a sinful world
and brought mankind the gift of reconcilation
by the suffering and death he endured.
Teach us, the people who bear his name,
to follow the example he gave us:
may our faith, hope and charity
turn hatred into love, conflict into peace, death to eternal life.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.
The Readings  2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23; Psalm 137:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6; Ephesians 2:4-10; John 3:14-21

Daily Meditation:
Gaudete - Rejoice!
For by grace you have been saved through faith,
     and this is not from you; it is the gift of God.
This Sunday has such a joy-filled tone.
We enter into the second part of Lent with a spirit of eagerness.
Our celebration of the mercy and life given to us in Jesus is near.

All the readings are profound.  The letter to the Ephesians can be a meditation for the week.
We have been saved by our Lord, Jesus, the Christ.
That is consoling at this part of Lent.  It is not the work we do that saves us.
It is God's love - in the midst of our darkness.

We can ask to be "lifted up" with Jesus in his surrender with the Father:
lifted up on the cross and therefore, lifted up in Glory.
And, we can express our desire to be an instrument of his healing love,
in the hearts of those to whom he sends us.

Let my tongue be silenced, if I ever forget you!

If we are celebrating the Second Scrutiny,
with the Elect journeying to the font of Baptism,
then we'll probably be using the gospel about the healing of the man born blind.

 [Learn more about the Scrutinies here.]

Today's Daily Reflection

Intercessions

Closing Prayer:
Loving Father of mine,
I feel the pace quicken, the time draw near.
I am filled with joy as I move toward Easter
and the promised reconcilation with you.
Teach me to follow the example of your Son,
to be worthy of being called one his people: a Christ-ian.
Help me to live each day as he did
turning hatred to love and conflict to peace.
I await the new life with eagerness, faith
and a deep gratitude.
 

May the Lord bless us,
protect us from all evil
and bring us to everlasting life.
Amen.

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