St Mark’s Lenten Meditations From Our Members

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Lent Week 1—Saturday Psalm 55 Genesis 41:1-131 Corinthians 4:1-7 Mark 2:23-3:6 In today’s gospel, Jesus has two encounters with the Pharisees. The Pharisees would have known the story in Exodus 16 when God sent Manna and quail to feed the Israelites in the wilderness but commanded them to gather food for two days on the… Continue reading St Mark’s Lenten Meditations From Our Members

St Mark’s Lenten Meditations From Our Members

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Lent Week 1—Friday Psalm 40      Genesis 40: 1-23     1 Corinthians 3:16-23                Mark 2:13-22 I have always loved the story in today’s reading from Mark that depicts Jesus sitting and eating with all the “wrong sorts of people” and scandalizing the establishment. It always makes me think of the saying, “The church… Continue reading St Mark’s Lenten Meditations From Our Members

St Mark’s Lenten Meditations From Our Members

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Lent Week 1—Thursday. Psalm 50 Genesis 39:1-23 1 Corinthians 2:14-3:15 Mark 2:1-12God blessed Potiphar’s house for Joseph’s sake, not for Potiphar necessarily, because he was mostly thinking about his next meal. We know the story. Whatever Joseph did, God made it prosper. Yes, Joseph suffered at the hands of his brothers and Potiphar’s wife, but… Continue reading St Mark’s Lenten Meditations From Our Members

St. Mark’s Lenten Meditations From Our Members

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Lent Week 1—WednesdayPsalm 119:49-72 Genesis 37:25-36 1Corinthians 2:1-12 Mark 1:29-45 When the sea comes calling you stop being neighbors,Well acquainted, friendly-at-a-distance neighbors,And you give your house for a coral castle,And you learn to breathe underwater. - From Breathing Under Water by Jared Mackey Whether it is being sold into slavery, healed from leprosy, touched by… Continue reading St. Mark’s Lenten Meditations From Our Members

. . . as we are forgiving those who are trespassing against us.

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Sister Helen Prejean, the author of the book Dead Man Walking, was once being interviewed, and was asked a question about her own heroes, her own inspirations, in the Christian faith; who might she see as a “model” of faith and forgiveness? “Lloyd LeBlanc,” said Sister Prejean. Lloyd is the father of David LeBlanc, a 17-year-old… Continue reading . . . as we are forgiving those who are trespassing against us.