Time set aside daily for prayer, Scripture reading, and meditating on God’s Word will enrich your spiritual life as you prepare for Easter. May His blessings abound in your time alone with Him in these daily meditations on the Epistle to the Romans from Ash Wednesday through Saturday before Palm Sunday and Matthew’s account of the Passion, Crucifixion, and Resurrection for Holy Week and Easter.
Each year during Advent and Lent, I follow a Bible reading plan. I journal a short meditation and write a brief prayer on each day’s reading. The following year, I publish the devotionals on my blog, in a PDF download, and a paperback book. The meditations being published in 2020 are my personal devotions from … Read more
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor, and the day of … Read more
Thus says the Lord: “A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.” Thus says the Lord: “Keep your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears, for there is a reward for your work, declares the Lord, … Read more
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped; then shall the lame man leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute sing for joy. For waters break forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert. ~ Isaiah 35:5-6 We are now in the wilderness … Read more
Lent is a season of penitence to prepare for Easter. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, March 6 this year, and runs for forty days (not counting Sundays) until Resurrection Sunday. Many Christians give up something, like sweets or movies, for Lent. Others fast or abstain from meat on Fridays. Others add extra devotional time or … Read more
Wednesday, February 14, 2018 is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. Lent is a time of penitence and preparation for Easter, the most important day of the Christian year—the day that brought us redemption and eternal life. Every day during Lent, I will post a short devotional. You can download a free PDF that … Read more
Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. This evening, I will attend a special service at my church—All Saints Anglican Church of San Antonio. In lieu of a hymn for the processional, we will chant the Great Litany. Then comes the Penitential Office and Imposition of Ashes, followed by Holy Communion. A solemn, … Read more
If you’re not part of a liturgical church, you may wonder why folks are going around today with a black cross on their foreheads. Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the penitential season of Lent. Although there are 46 days between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday, Lent is considered to be a 40-day season … Read more
42 When evening had already come, because it was the preparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath, 43 Joseph of Arimathea came, a prominent member of the Council, who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God; and he gathered up courage and went in before Pilate, and asked for the body of … Read more