And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
~ Hebrews 10:24-25
On this Good Friday, we focus on this text in the fourth paragraph of LP’s Holy Week Prayer*
We pray that we will complete our Lenten journey by seeing our brokenness borne by and entombed with Jesus, which will prepare us to hear anew the almost unimaginable proclamation that the tomb is empty, Jesus is risen, and life and love prevail.
The language of this section of the prayer is difficult, freeing and inspiring: brokenness borne by and entombed with Jesus…the tomb is empty, Jesus is risen, and life and love prevail.
WOW!
Good Friday provides such a wonderful opportunity to reflect on this gift given and the wonderful journey available ahead in spite of inevitably troubling circumstances in the path…
May you feel entombment of your mistakes, with exuberant energizing of the Spirit to share Christ’s example with those you meet!
* In the early 2010s, Rev. Dr. LP Jones prepared and shared a Holy Week prayer with the MWPC community as part of his weekly newsletter column [read or listen to the entire Lenten Prayer HERE and/or read the Holy Week Prayer HERE]
Lectionary Texts for Good Friday, April 7, 2023:
** POTENTIAL ACTIONS: This season will likely find increasing numbers of folks looking for food, presenting opportunities to
- share financial and/or food offerings with a local food pantry
- check with your faith community about upcoming opportunities to feed community members
- volunteer to help with a local mobile food pantry or community dinner
- find a Little Pantry in your area and help stock it with shelf-stable food items
NOTE: for those in the Cinci region, some food organizations are listed HERE
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