This year for Lent, I invite you to join me in meditating on the Passion Narrative of Christ. Where do you find yourself in the story? What impact does the cross have on your everyday life?
Take some time to read slowly through the passages listed for each week. What is the Spirit speaking to your heart? What “wonderings” arise within you? How is God calling you to respond?
I offer my own simple reflections (100 words or less), just to get us started…
WHEN THE ROOSTER CROWS
Huddled by the fire of hopelessness,
it’s flames, they chill me to the bone.
How could I ever have denied him?
Oh my God, what have I done?
I squint my eyes against the morning rays,
I never want to open them again.
Not even death could make amends
for the untold debt of my sin.
Then his voice whispers in the dark:
You are forgiven, forgiven, forgiven
You are forgiven, forgiven by grace
When the rooster crows reminding me of all I’ve done
I know, I know…
I’m forgiven by the Son
I compiled this playlist for Lent last year and the songs are still just as powerful and relevant today. Enjoy…