…it is through Jesus’s followers that living waters will flow to others.
Tuesday • 3/25/2025 •
Week of 3 Lent
This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 78:1–39; Jeremiah 7:21–34; Romans 4:13–25; John 7:37–52
This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 13 (“A Song of Praise,” BCP, p. 90); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 18 (“A Song to the Lamb,” Revelation 4:11; 5:9–10, 13, BCP, p. 93)
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Abraham is thus able to be “father to all who believe”…
Monday • 3/24/2025 •
Week of 3 Lent
This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 80; Jeremiah 7:1–15; Romans 4:1–12; John 7:14–36
This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 9 (“The First Song of Isaiah,” Isaiah 12:2–6, BCP, p. 86); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 19 (“The Song of the Redeemed,” Revelation 15:3–4, BCP, p. 94)
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It all culminated in Christ himself becoming the mercy seat…
Friday • 3/21/2025 •
Week of 2 Lent
This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 69:1–23(24-30)31–38); Jeremiah 5:1–9; Romans 2:25–3:18 (and Saturday’s Romans 3:19–31); John 5:30–47
This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 10 (“The Second Song of Isaiah,” Isaiah 55:6–11; BCP, p. 86); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 18 (“A Song to the Lamb,” Revelation 4:11; 5:9–10, 13, BCP, p. 93)
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John’s Gospel is associated with the “eagle,” because of its soaring and majestic perspective on Jesus’s identity.
Thursday • 3/20/2025 •
Week of 2 Lent
This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 70; Psalm 71; Jeremiah 4:9–10,19–28; Romans 2:12–24; John 5:19–29
This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 8 (“The Song of Moses,” Exodus 15, BCP, p. 85); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 19 (“The Song of the Redeemed,” Revelation 15:3–4, BCP, p. 94)
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God’s kindness is personal.
Wednesday • 3/19/2025 •
Week of 2 Lent
This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 72; Jeremiah 3:6–18; Romans 1:28–2:11; John 5:1-18
This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 11 (“The Third Song of Isaiah,” Isaiah 60:1–3,11a,14c,18–19, BCP, p. 87); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 16 (“The Song of Zechariah,” Luke 1:68–79, BCP, p. 92)
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We’ve declared, in effect, that we want God to leave us alone!
Tuesday • 3/18/2025 •
Week of 2 Lent
This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 61; Psalm 62; Jeremiah 2:1–13; Romans 1:16–25; John 4:43–54
This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 13 (“A Song of Praise,” BCP, p. 90); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 18 (“A Song to the Lamb,” Revelation 4:11; 5:9–10, 13, BCP, p. 93)
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My food is to do the work of him who sent me.
Monday • 3/17/2025 •
Week of 2 Lent
This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 56; Psalm 57; Jeremiah 1:11–19; Romans 1:1–15; John 4:27–42
This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 9 (“The First Song of Isaiah,” Isaiah 12:2–6, BCP, p. 86); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 19 (“The Song of the Redeemed,” Revelation 15:3–4, BCP, p. 94)
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It is in the Psalms, after all, that we also find “prayers and supplications... loud cries and tears.”
Friday • 3/14/2025 •
Week of 1 Lent
This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 95; Psalm 40; Deuteronomy 10:12–22; Hebrews 4:11–16 (and Saturday’s Hebrews 5:1–10); John 3:22–36
This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 10 (“The Second Song of Isaiah,” Isaiah 55:6–11; BCP, p. 86); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 18 (“A Song to the Lamb,” Revelation 4:11; 5:9–10, 13, BCP, p. 93)
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Lent is a season to find our life in Jesus, where restfulness resides.
Thursday • 3/13/2025 •
Week of 1 Lent
This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 50; Deuteronomy 9:23—10:5; Hebrews 4:1–10; John 3:16–21
This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 8 (“The Song of Moses,” Exodus 15, BCP, p. 85); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 19 (“The Song of the Redeemed,” Revelation 15:3–4, BCP, p. 94)
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Moses prefigures a greater mediator.
Wednesday • 3/12/2025 •
Week of 1 Lent
This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 119:49–72; Deuteronomy 9:13–21; Hebrews 3:12–19; John 2:23–3:15
This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 11 (“The Third Song of Isaiah,” Isaiah 60:1–3,11a,14c,18–19, BCP, p. 87); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 16 (“The Song of Zechariah,” Luke 1:68–79, BCP, p. 92)
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Jesus begins the construction project of God’s new and final temple.
Tuesday • 3/11/2025 •
Week of 1 Lent
This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 45; Deuteronomy 9:4–12; Hebrews 3:1–11; John 2:13–22
This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 13 (“A Song of Praise,” BCP, p. 90); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 18 (“A Song to the Lamb,” Revelation 4:11; 5:9–10, 13, BCP, p. 93)
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That simple table in Galilee becomes, for the redeemed Christian imagination, a symbol of the future Wedding Feast of the Lamb.
Monday • 3/10/2025 •
Week of 1 Lent
This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 41; Psalm 52; Deuteronomy 8:11–20; Hebrews 2:11–18; John 2:1–12
This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 9 (“The First Song of Isaiah,” Isaiah 12:2–6, BCP, p. 86); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 19 (“The Song of the Redeemed,” Revelation 15:3–4, BCP, p. 94)
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God came, in person, down to us. He washes away the defilement and deadness of our being with the life-giving waters of baptism…
Friday • 3/7/2025 •
Week of Last Epiphany
This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 31; Deuteronomy 7:12–16; Titus 2:1–15 (and Saturday’s Titus 3:1–15); John 1:43–51
This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 10 (“The Second Song of Isaiah,” Isaiah 55:6–11; BCP, p. 86); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 18 (“A Song to the Lamb,” Revelation 4:11; 5:9–10, 13, BCP, p. 93)
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Here, in Jesus, is what it is to be loved and to love. Here, in Jesus, is what it is to live.
Thursday • 3/6/2025 •
Week of Last Epiphany
This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 37:1–18; Deuteronomy 7:6–11; Titus 1:1–16; John 1:29–34
This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 8 (“The Song of Moses,” Exodus 15, BCP, p. 85); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 19 (“The Song of the Redeemed,” Revelation 15:3–4, BCP, p. 94)
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Lent is a time to take stock.
Wednesday • 3/5/2025 •
Ash Wednesday
This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 32; Jonah 3:1–4:11; Hebrews 12:1–14; Luke 18:9–14
This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 11 (“The Third Song of Isaiah,” Isaiah 60:1–3,11a,14c,18–19, BCP, p. 87); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 16 (“The Song of Zechariah,” Luke 1:68–79, BCP, p. 92)
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John the Baptist’s mission was to point to a greater Epiphany with a greater salvation, a better exodus.
Tuesday • 3/4/2025 •
Week of Last Epiphany
This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 26; Psalm 28; Deuteronomy 6:16–25; Hebrews 2:1–10; John 1:19–28
This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 13 (“A Song of Praise,” BCP, p. 90); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 18 (“A Song to the Lamb,” Revelation 4:11; 5:9–10, 13, BCP, p. 93)
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The epistle to the Hebrews is an extraordinary docent for our Lenten journey
Monday • 3/3/2025 •
Week of Last Epiphany
This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 25; Deuteronomy 6:10–15; Hebrews 1:1–14; John:1–18
This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 9 (“The First Song of Isaiah,” Isaiah 12:2–6, BCP, p. 86); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 19 (“The Song of the Redeemed,” Revelation 15:3–4, BCP, p. 94)
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He challenged believers to think large so they can thank large.
Friday • 2/28/2025 •
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His students still teach people how to paint “happy little trees.”
Thursday • 2/27/2025 •
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His Kindness melted my cold heart.
Wednesday • 2/26/2025 •
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