Prayer of the Day/Collect for 2nd Sunday in Lent, Year A

Cross by Dim Lamp

God of love: You sent your Son, Jesus into the world to show how much you love the world through his suffering and death on a cross. In gratitude for what Jesus has done for us, help us to share this love each day with others by following him in the way of the cross; through Jesus Christ, our Saviour and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit; one God, now and forever.    

Friday the Good

Creative Challenge 266: Humble

When I think of the word humble, my first and foremost picture that comes to mind is Jesus on the cross. He was the most humble of human beings in the life that he lived; on his road to the cross he was humiliated, despised, rejected by many, including the Roman authorities; his death was among the most humiliating, dishonourable deaths that one could die at that time in history, since it was a criminal's and insurrectionist's death; yet paradoxically, for those who are graced with the gift of faith, his humble, self-sacrificing death atones for the sins of humankind, and God's power and love is revealed through the weakness and humiliation of the crucified Jesus. Be sure to check out the other entries here.