✨ The Prodigal Son Parable ✨
“But now we must celebrate and rejoice, because your brother was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.”
— LUKE 15:32
“Finally, he sent his son to them, thinking, 'They will respect my son.'
But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and acquire his inheritance.'”
—Matt 21:37-38
This parable shows the direction #Lent is taking us. Repent!
“Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose hope is the LORD.
He is like a tree planted beside the waters that stretches out its roots to the stream.”
— Jeremiah 17:7-8
Amen 🙏
🟣 Your Lenten reminder 🟣
“Wash yourselves clean!
Put away your misdeeds from before my eyes;
cease doing evil; learn to do good.
Make justice your aim: redress the wronged,
hear the orphan's plea, defend the widow.”
— Isaiah 1:16-17
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LENTEN REMINDER 💜
“Stop judging and you will not be judged.
Stop condemning and you will not be condemned.
Forgive and you will be forgiven.”
— Like 6:37
“Jesus came and touched them, saying, ‘Rise, and do not be afraid.’”
— Matthew 17:7
What am I afraid of this week?
Can I ask for the strength to rise?
A Lenten reminder:
“But I say to you, love your enemies,
and pray for those who persecute you,
that you may be children of your heavenly Father, for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good, and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust.”
— Matthew 5:44-45
“Do I indeed derive any pleasure from the death of the wicked? says the Lord GOD. Do I not rather rejoice when he turns from his evil way that he may live?”
— Ezekiel 18:23
A Lenten reminder
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“Do to others whatever you would have them do to you. This is the law and the prophets.”
— Matthew 7:12
Words to live by.
Jonah “announc[ed:] ‘Forty days more and Nineveh shall be destroyed.’ When the people of Nineveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast and all of them, great and small, put on sackcloth.”
— Jonah 3:4-5
Another friendly #Lent reminder. 💜
“When the just cry out, the LORD hears them, and from all their distress he rescues them.
The LORD is close to the brokenhearted; and those who are crushed in spirit he saves.”
— Psalm 34:18-19
If this is you may you take solace in today’s psalm. 🙏
‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or ill or in prison, and not minister to your needs?’
He will answer them, ‘Amen, I say to you, what you did not do for one of these least ones, you did not do for me.’
— Matthew 25:44-45
A Lenten reminder.
“At that time Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was hungry.”
— Matthew 4:1-2
What am I hungry for this #Lent?
“If you remove from your midst oppression, false accusation and malicious speech;
If you bestow your bread on the hungry and satisfy the afflicted;
Then light shall rise for you in the darkness, and the gloom shall become for you like midday.”
— Isaiah 58:9-10
#Lent
“This, rather, is the fasting that I wish:
releasing those bound unjustly,
untying the thongs of the yoke;
Setting free the oppressed,
breaking every yoke;
Sharing your bread with the hungry,
sheltering the oppressed and the homeless”
— Isaiah 58:6-7
Amen! 🙏 ✝️
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“If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.”
— Luke 9:23
Welcome to Lent!
“Even now, says the LORD, return to me with your whole heart, with fasting, and weeping, and mourning;
Rend your hearts, not your garments, and return to the LORD, your God.”
— Joel 2:12-13
Lent begins! May your prayers, fasting, and almsgiving lead you to holiness.
#ashtag
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AS #LENT APPROACHES…
“No one experiencing temptation should say, ‘I am being tempted by God’; for God is not subject to temptation to evil, and he himself tempts no one. Rather, each person is tempted when lured and enticed by his desire.”
— James 1:13-14
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“But he should ask in faith, not doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed about by the wind.”
— James 1:6
Be my anchor, O Lord!
“Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven.”
— Matthew 5:19
May I lead by example 🙏
“They ate and were satisfied.”
— Mark 8:8
This is from the multiplication of the loaves and fishes. But perhaps it can speak to you today as well.
“If only my people would hear me, and Israel walk in my ways”
— Psalm 81:14
Will I stop and listen today?
“Blessed are they who observe what is right, who do always what is just.”
— Psalm 106:3
The psalm is in contrast to the first reading where Solomon “turned his heart to strange gods.”
Am I aware of what might be drawing me down the wrong path?
“The mouth of the just man tells of wisdom and his tongue utters what is right.”
— Psalm 37:30
May my speech be so inspired today!
“Look kindly on the prayer and petition of your servant, O LORD, my God, and listen to the cry of supplication which I, your servant, utter before you this day.”
— Solomon in 1 Kings 8:28
Amen! 🙏
“As they were leaving the boat, people immediately recognized him.”
— Mark 6:54
Where will I recognize him today? 👀
“Your light must shine before others,
that they may see your good deeds and glorify your heavenly Father.”
— Matthew 5:16
How are you fueling your light?
“Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.”
— Mark 6:31
The Sabbath approaches. Where are you resting?
“I proclaim you, O LORD, among the nations, and I will sing praise to your name.”
— Psalm 18:50
TGIF! 🎵
“He instructed them to take nothing for the journey but a walking stick—no food, no sack, no money in their belts.”
— Mark 6:8
What do I really need for my journey today?
