Interrupting the Silence

Tag: Lent

  • An Invitation to a Holy Lent

    This Wednesday, February 17, is for the Episcopal and many other churches Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. The following words come from the Proper Liturgy for Ash Wednesday: “I invite you, therefore, in the name of the Church, to the observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and self-denial; Read more

  • Watch for Snakes

    Numbers 21:4-9 4From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; but the people became impatient on the way. 5The people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is Read more

  • Spiritual Reading – Formation or Information?

    The American Book of Common Prayer invites us to the observance of a holy Lent, in part, by reading and meditating on God’s holy Word. The invitation, however, is not just to read the words but to let the Word read our lives. The goal of reading is the application, in our lives, of what Read more

  • The Freedom of Self-Denial

    One of the traditional Lenten practices is self-denial. Often this leaves us asking the question, “What should I give up for Lent?” The answers vary – candy, bread, wine, shopping, blogging…. We endure for God’s sake forty days of self-denial. We give up some ordinary thing or activity and with the celebration of Easter we Read more

  • The Archbishop of Canterbury Reflects on Lent

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  • Sermon for Ash Wednesday

    Tomorrow, Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, we will gather to be marked with ashes and remember that we are dust and to dust we shall return. The gospel for Ash Wednesday is Matthew 6:1-6,16-21. Jesus said, “Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them; for then you have Read more

  • Shrove Tuesday

    Shrove Tuesday is the Tuesday before Ash Wednesay. Bosco Peters has a nice description of this day and its development. Read more

  • An Invitation to the Observance of a Holy Lent

    This Wednesday, February 25, is for the Episcopal and many other churches Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. The following words come from the Proper Liturgy for Ash Wednesday: “I invite you, therefore, in the name of the Church, to the observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and self-denial; Read more