Tyler Street Almanac- March 16-22, 2009

Daily Lectionary for March 16-21

Monday:

Psalm 80; Jer. 7:1-15; Rom. 4:1-12; John 7:14-36

Tuesday:

Psalm 78:1-39; PM Psalm 78:40-72 Jer. 7:21-34; Rom. 4:13-25; John 7:37-52

Wednesday:

Psalm 119:97-120; Jer. 8:18-9:6; Rom. 5:1-11; John 8:12-20

Thursday:

Psalm 85; Jer. 10:11-24; Rom. 5:12-21; John 8:21-32

Friday:

Psalm 91; Jer. 11:1-8,14-20; Rom. 6:1-11; John 8:33-47

Saturday:

Psalm 136; Jer. 13:1-11; Rom. 6:12-23; John 8:47-59

Prayer:

“Father of light,
in You is found no shadow of change
but only the fullness of life and limitless truth.
Open our hearts to the voice of Your Word
and free us from the original darkness
that shadows our vision.
Restore our sight that we may look upon Your Son
who calls us to repentance and a change of heart,
for he lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”

International Committee on English in the Liturgy (ICEL)

Food for thought:

We are not building the kingdom by our own efforts, no. The Kingdom remains God's gift, new creation, sheer grace. But, as part of that grace already poured out in Jesus Christ and by the Spirit, we are building FOR the kingdom. I use the image of the eleventh-century stonemason, probably illiterate, working away on one or two blocks of stone according to the orders given to him. He isn't building the Cathedral; he is building FOR the Cathedral. When the master mason/architect gathers up all the small pieces of stone at which people have been working away, he will put them into the great edifice which he's had in mind all along and which he alone can build -- but FOR WHICH we can and must build in the present time.

Bishop N.T. “Tom” Wright, Anglican, responding to a question about ministry.

Worship Preparation:

March 22, 2009 8:30 and 10:50 am
Forth Sunday in Lent
One or more of the following Scriptures will be used:
Numbers 21:4-9; Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22 (United Methodist Hymnal p.830)
Ephesians 2:1-10; John 3:14-21

Devotional Link of the Week:

St. Patrick's Life, Prayers, and Legacy