THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT
LAUDS AT 9:30 AM HOLY EUCHARIST AT10:00 AM LENTEN SERIES FOLLOWING THE EUCHARIST Christopher McKinstry, Seminarian Associate, from the Lutheran Theological Seminary will be the Homilist. Dean Lloyd S. Casson will preside. All are welcome. This Sunday following the 10 AM Eucharist, Philadelphia Cathedral continues the second of four Lenten discussions modeled after the contemplative practice of Lectio Divina.
INTRODUCTION TO THE SCRIPTURE Third Sunday of Lent – March 7, 2010
ISAIAH 55: 1-9 Gracious, merciful acceptance by God for all who seek such a relationship stands out as the theme of these magnificently poetic lines. But God does not ignore human sin. God seeks human repentance, a meaningful change in one’s behaviour for this relationship to be effective. This is necessary, the prophet emphasizes, because of the distinction between our human ways and God’s ways.
PSALM 63:1-8. The longing of the human heart for a relationship with God gives this psalm an intense feeling personal devotion. It expresses an abiding trust and confidence in God fully dependent on God’s constant love and protection.
1 CORINTHIANS 10:1-13. Paul draws on the story of the Israelites in the wilderness breaking their covenant with God to challenge the Corinthians to live differently than their morally and spiritually corrupt society. The great benefit of the Christian life, he states in vs. 13, is not that they will be tested by their circumstances, but that God will not let them be tested beyond their strength to endure.
LUKE 13:1-9. The Roman governor, Pontius Pilate, who later condemned Jesus to death, had murdered a group of worshipers as they offered sacrifices in the temple. Another group had been killed by a falling tower. As Messiah, Jesus used these incidents to call his fellow Jews to repent and believe in him. The parable of the fig tree confronted them with the prospect that there could be a limit to God’s forbearance.
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SUNDAY LENTEN SERIES AT THE CATHEDRAL
Lectio Divina is Latin for divine reading, spiritual reading, or “holy reading,” and represents a traditional Christian practice of prayer and scriptural reading intended to promote communion with God and to increase the knowledge of God’s Word. It is a way of praying with Scripture that calls one to study, ponder, listen, pray, sing and rejoice in God’s Word within the soul. Dean Casson will be the facilitator. All you need to bring with you is a journal or notebook and a pen. Soup and bread will be served.
4 Mar, 2010 — Daniel Tomko
