Sermons on Lent
Scripture Reading Psalm 118 (One, All) Congregational Refrain Stay with Me (Taizé Community) Stay with me, remain here with me, watch and pray, watch and pray. Let Israel now say:“God’s love endures for ever.” Let the house of Aaron say:“God’s love endures for ever.” Let those who fear God say“God’s love endures for ever.”…
Scripture Reading Psalm 130 (John Foley, S.J.) Refrain: If you, O God, laid bare our guilt,O who could endure it? O who could endure it? Out of the depths I cry to you, Lord, hear my plea.Let your ear be attentive to the sound of my call. Refrain If you, O God, laid bare our…
Scripture Reading Psalm 23 (NRSV) 1 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.2 He makes me lie down in green pastures;he leads me beside still waters;3 he restores my soul.He leads me in right paths for his name’s sake. 4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil;for you are with me; your rod and your staff— they comfort…
Scripture Reading (from James Taylor’s Everyday Psalms) Psalm 121 1Somewhere out there, past the highest peaks, someone watches over me. God made these peaks and these valleys, this air and this earth. Yet God is close enough to guide my feet, every step I take along life’s precipitous paths. I may grow weary, but God…
Scripture Reading (CEB) John 12: 1-8 1 Six days before Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, home of Lazarus, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 2 Lazarus and his sisters hosted a dinner for him. Martha served and Lazarus was among those who joined him at the table. 3 Then Mary took an extraordinary amount, almost three-quarters of a pound, of…
Scripture Reading (CEB) Luke 13:1-9 1 Some who were present on that occasion told Jesus about the Galileans whom Pilate had killed while they were offering sacrifices. 2 He replied, “Do you think the suffering of these Galileans proves that they were more sinful than all the other Galileans? 3 No, I tell you, but unless you change your hearts and…
Scripture Reading (CEB) Luke 13:31-35 31 At that time, some Pharisees approached Jesus and said, “Go! Get away from here, because Herod wants to kill you.” 32 Jesus said to them, “Go, tell that fox, ‘Look, I’m throwing out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will complete my work. 33 However, it’s necessary…
Scripture Reading (CEB) Luke 4:1-13 1 Jesus returned from the Jordan River full of the Holy Spirit, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness. 2 There he was tempted for forty days by the devil. He ate nothing during those days and afterward Jesus was starving. 3 The devil said to him, “Since you are God’s Son,…