Lent 2020: A Call to Prayer, Fasting, and Repentance Leading to Action
English As the season of Lent approaches, Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael Curry invites Episcopalians and people of faith to turn and pray on behalf of our nation: “In times […]
A Procession Is Different…, Lent 3 (A) – 1996
[…] home where there is a new birth. A parade is Mardi Gras. A procession is Lent. A procession is orchestrated and purposeful. It is the movement from one time into […]
In the Works of…, Lent 5 (B) – 1997
[…] in her thirties. Very early in her career, Daga demonstrated her courage and her ta lent as a law enforcement officer. For this reason, she was selected for an elite […]
Go! for Lent: Job 2:11
One sentence from the story of Job tells a myriad about whom he is and how he is thought of and cared for. It begs the question, “how do we […]
Go! for Lent: Luke 14:21, 23
[…] hearts; we just might find ourselves following Jesus. I am challenged by this message during Lent, and I hope that you are too. We must break down the walls of […]
Bible Study: Lent 4 (B) – 2018
Numbers 21:4-9 Earlier this year, I made my first transatlantic flight from the United States to Italy. When I first received my plane ticket, I took note of the fact […]
What Did They Do to Deserve That?, Lent 3 (C) – 2016
What did they do to deserve that? Jesus knew questions like this were on people’s minds when they came to tell him horrible news: Pilate – yes, the same Pontius […]
Ever Since the Bottom Fell…, Ash Wednesday – 2011
[…] fell out of the sackcloth and ashes business, we’ve not known what to do about Lent. “What do I give up?” seems to be the primary question, an inversion of […]
Pan-Anglican
This journal was published from Lent 1950 until 1970. It was published irregularly in fifteen volumes over twenty years. The normal rate of publication was two issues per year. The […]
Discernment Is a Word…, Lent 1 (B) – 2009
[…] part of a liturgical church, we too are driven into the wilderness with Jesus this Lent. By association we are brought into a time of reflection and discernment, every year […]
Go! for Lent John 14:3
[…] this sense of “go and prepare and come again” with regards to our understanding of Lent. For a long time, at least in my experience as a Christian and Church […]
Go! for Lent: Psalm 122
[…] if it feels that way sometimes. I suppose that’s part of what living a holy Lent does for us, too. It takes us on a journey through the wilderness of […]
Days of Special Devotion
Term used in the table of precedence in the BCP to describe the weekdays of Lent and Holy Week (except the feast of the Annunciation) and the Fridays of the […]
Liturgical Colors
[…] festival days, as well as marriages and funerals. PURPLE/VIOLET for Advent (or ROYAL BLUE) & Lent (or UNBLEACHED LINEN). RED is used in Holy Week, the Day of Pentecost, and […]
New Lenten Materials Now Available
By Heather Melton, UTO staff officer Back by popular demand, UTO gratitude resources for Lent are now available at unitedthankoffering.org/lent. The materials have been expanded and updated to better support those […]
To A Christian Attorney…, Lent 4 (C) – 2004
To a Christian attorney or judge, a legal reading of the parable in today’s Gospel reading might seem perfectly obvious: The father’s statement, “Son all I have is yours,” means […]
Episcopal Church offers Lenten resources, meditations
Resources, meditations and study guides to provide a means to experience a reflective Lenten season are available from the Episcopal Church at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/lent Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, this year […]
Minding His Own Business…, Lent 3 (C) – 2001
In today’s reading from the book of Exodus, we find Moses minding his own business, tending the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro. Suddenly an amazing thing happens to him. The […]
Today May We Consider, Lent 2 (C) – 2007
Today may we consider how sometimes the best prayer to God is a groan, a lamentation, or the voice of grief. In the name of God: Father, Son, and Holy […]
Monuments Attract Outcasts…, Lent 4 (A) – 2002
Monuments attract outcasts. This is as true today as it was in our Lord’s time. Walk outside the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul, a.k.a. the National Cathedral, in Washington, […]