SPRING FORWARD THIS SATURDAY! YES, IT’S THAT TIME AGAIN; WE MOVE OUR CLOCKS AHEAD 1 HOUR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT.
In this first Thursday in Lent, we hear from Psalm 37 where the Psalmist writes:
Depart from evil, and do good;
so you shall abide for ever.
For the Lord loves justice;
he will not forsake his faithful ones.
These are good words to begin the Lenten season. The Psalmist invites us to “do good”. Goodness is not passive; it is active. Doing good is an act of love. The Old Testament prophet Micah reminds us: “And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” Micah 6:8. It includes, as Bishop Munawar K. Rumalshah, Bishop Emeritus of Peshawar, Pakistan, reminds us “cleaning the wounds of those who hate us” and cleaning the wounds of those whom you and I may hate. Doing good is doing God’s justice which includes reconciliation with those whom we may, for one reason or another, despise. We are called to reconciliation during this season of Lent because as we were reminded in the Ash Wednesday collect, God hates nothing that He has made.
Let us pray: Almighty and everlasting God, you hate nothing you have made and forgive the sins of all who are penitent: Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we, worthily lamenting our sins and acknowledging our wretchedness, may obtain of you, the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
In this first Thursday in Lent, we hear from Psalm 37 where the Psalmist writes:
Depart from evil, and do good;
so you shall abide for ever.
For the Lord loves justice;
he will not forsake his faithful ones.
These are good words to begin the Lenten season. The Psalmist invites us to “do good”. Goodness is not passive; it is active. Doing good is an act of love. The Old Testament prophet Micah reminds us: “And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” Micah 6:8. It includes, as Bishop Munawar K. Rumalshah, Bishop Emeritus of Peshawar, Pakistan, reminds us “cleaning the wounds of those who hate us” and cleaning the wounds of those whom you and I may hate. Doing good is doing God’s justice which includes reconciliation with those whom we may, for one reason or another, despise. We are called to reconciliation during this season of Lent because as we were reminded in the Ash Wednesday collect, God hates nothing that He has made.
Let us pray: Almighty and everlasting God, you hate nothing you have made and forgive the sins of all who are penitent: Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we, worthily lamenting our sins and acknowledging our wretchedness, may obtain of you, the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Lent in Galveston:
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Augustine is featured in the first issue of Diolog:
CALENDAR REMINDERS
Lenten Program: We will have a combined Lenten program with Grace Episcopal on Wednesday evenings as we have had in years past. It will begin with the Stations of the Cross, Eucharist, a light meal and then a teaching. The first one will be on Wednesday, 16 March at 6:00 p.m. at Grace Episcopal.
Saturday, 12 March, work day in the Community Garden.
PLEASE REMEMBER EVERYONE ON OUR PRAYER LIST, especially Roylene Lemons and pray for the family of Juanita Mack who died this week.
Your servant in Christ,
Fr. Chester J. Makowski+
St. Augustine of Hippo Episcopal Church
Galveston, Texas 77550
Saturday, 12 March, work day in the Community Garden.
PLEASE REMEMBER EVERYONE ON OUR PRAYER LIST, especially Roylene Lemons and pray for the family of Juanita Mack who died this week.
Your servant in Christ,
Fr. Chester J. Makowski+
St. Augustine of Hippo Episcopal Church
Galveston, Texas 77550
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