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Christ Church's
Daily Lenten Meditations
Each day during the season of Lent, Christ Church publishes a Daily Meditation on our website and social media, submissions from our parish family that help inspire them or provide a moment of reflection as they begin their day. The hard copy compilation of the LMB - this year, it's nearly eighty pages - is published and distributed to the church the Sunday prior to Ash Wednesday. If you would like a copy (and there are any left!) please email us and we will send you one.
We hope that these Meditations provide a new and special way for you to experience Lent.
Holy Week Gives Easter a Deeper Meaning
Holy Week is the most sacred period of our Christian faith. This is when the foundational story of Christianity – Jesus’ suffering, death, and resurrection – is remembered and retold, both in words and in ritual actions, at services throughout the week. We gather together as a community of faith to journey with Jesus to Jerusalem, to stand with him before his accusers, to walk to Golgotha, and to stand at the foot of his cross. Finally, on Easter Sunday, we will joyously cele
Mar 30
Today's Lenten Meditation : “I Can Do Something”
“I Can Do Something” This is the call I hear you echo in my soul each time. When Father Manny quoted the Edward Everett Hale poem below, it brought to mind my experience as a volunteer translator with Somos Amigo s Medical Missions s Medical Missions. And that “something” makes such a difference in the lives of those we serve, whether it’s the 96-year-old gentleman who comes every year for his checkup and medications, or the Haitian mother bringing her infant for the very
Mar 30
With Palm Sunday, our Holy Week Journey Begins
The holiest of weeks begins with Palm Sunday, also called Passion Sunday. Here, the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem is recalled, and yet, the liturgy quickly shifts to the events of the week that lead Jesus to his arrest, trial, and death on the cross. The congregation gathers in Old Brick, processes to New Brick with blessed palm leaves, and joins in the reading of the Gospel narrative in parts. The liturgy ends in quietness, a stark contrast to the joy of the proce
Mar 29
Saturday Song : What an Awesome God
On weekdays during the season of Lent, we post daily meditations on our website, and on Saturdays we include a piece of music, as well. These songs are submitted by parish family members and friends of Christ Church, and meant to uplift, comfort, and inspire. We hope that you enjoy. I believe in the Son I believe in the risen One I believe I overcome By the power of His blood Amen, amen I'm alive, I'm alive Because He lives Amen, amen Let my song join the One that never ends
Mar 28
Today's Lenten Meditation: Dust to Dust
The ashes On my face Are only Show Unless they Rest Thoughtfully On my Heart As well, Reminding me That God Uses Both For Creation. ~ Pamela Pruitt Jan. 12, 2024
Mar 27
Today's Lenten Meditation: A Blessing
The world now is too dangerous and too beautiful for anything but love. May your eyes be so blessed you see God in everyone. Your ears, so you hear the cry of the poor. May your hands be so blessed that everything you touch is a sacrament. Your lips, so you speak nothing but the truth with love. May your feet be so blessed you run to those who need you. And may your heart be so opened, so set on fire, that your love, your love, changes everything.
Mar 26
Today's Lenten Meditation : Give Us Hearts
God of love and compassion, may we always recognize your spirit: · in the refugee family, seeking safety from violence; · in the migrant worker, bringing food to our tables; · in the asylum-seekers, seeking justice for their families; · in the unaccompanied child, traveling in a dangerous world. Give us hearts that break open whenever our brothers and sisters turn to us. Give us hearts that no longer turn deaf to their voices in times of need; Give us eyes to recognize a mo
Mar 25
Today's Lenten Meditation: The Moment
At that very moment, perhaps a voice, perhaps an image, opened my heart. I ask myself what that is; it turns out that God has been quietly living in my heart. Since the pandemic, the world has been transformed, communication no longer primarily face-to-face interactions. The internet is now used more to connect people’s lives, including church activities, so I started joining the Christ Church’s online Morning Prayer services. For over four years, weekly morning prayers in bo
Mar 23
Today's Lenten Meditation: Which Wolf Do You Feed?
There is an old Cherokee parable used to teach their children about good an evil. The parables states that each person is born with two wolves in consuming turmoil fighting to be in control inside each of us. The lesson concludes that the wolf which we feed more, the one we love more, will be the wolf which directs our lives. The parallel of this legend aligns to the consequence of Adam eating the forbidden apple, thrusting humanity on a road requiring us to know good and
Mar 20
Today's Lenten Meditation: New Zealand Night Prayer
Given that today's Meditation is a night prayer, we are posting it a little later in the day. Enjoy. Lord, it is night. The night is for stillness. Let us be still in the presence of God. It is night after a long day. What has been done has been done; what has not been done has not been done; let it be. The night is dark. Let our fears of the darkness of the world and of our own lives rest in you. The night is quiet. Let the quietness of your peace enfold us, all de
Mar 19
Today's Lenten Meditation: First Coming
God did not wait till the world was ready, till…nations were at peace. God came when the Heavens were unsteady, and prisoners cried out for release. God did not wait for the perfect time. God came when the need was deep and great. God dined with sinners in all their grime, turned water into wine. God did not wait till hearts were pure. In joy God came to a tarnished world of sin and doubt. To a world like ours, of anguished shame God came, and God’s Light would not go out.
Mar 18
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