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The Sixth Day
The Sixth Day
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Daily readings and reflections for Lent on preparation and service.

St Martin’s Church, Cambridge is a parish in the Ely Diocese of the Church of England . This series of readings and reflections were chosen and written by members and friends of the church community in order to share their experience and witness.

There is a short bible passage, reproduced in full, and a brief reflection for each day from Ash Wednesday to Easter Day. Each reflection concludes with a prayer and is suitable for individual contemplation, family devotions or as a starter for group discussion.

The perfect accompaniment to your preparations for Easter, this book will at turns inspire, encourage and sustain you in your journey through Lent.

Profits from the sale of this book go to the St Martin’s Hall Development Project.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherBarney Leeke
Release dateNov 3, 2011
ISBN9781465870612
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    The Sixth Day - Barney Leeke

    THE SIXTH DAY

    Daily readings and reflections for lent on preparation and service.

    St Martin’s Church, Cambridge

    Published by Barney Leeke at Smashwords

    Copyright 2011 St Martin’s Church, Cambridge.

    This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

    All bible passages used in this publication are taken from

    THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION, NIV

    Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.

    Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

    *****

    Table of Contents

    Foreword

    Day 1 Ash Wednesday

    Day 2

    Day 3

    Day 4

    Day 5 First Sunday of Lent

    Day 6

    Day 7

    Day 8

    Day 9

    Day 10

    Day 11

    Day 12 Second Sunday of Lent

    Day 13

    Day 14

    Day 15

    Day 16

    Day 17

    Day 18

    Day 19 Third Sunday of Lent

    Day 20

    Day 21

    Day 22

    Day 23

    Day 24

    Day 25

    Day 26 Mothering Sunday

    Day 27

    Day 28

    Day 29

    Day 30

    Day 31

    Day 32

    Day 33 Fifth Sunday of Lent

    Day 34

    Day 35

    Day 36

    Day 37

    Day 38

    Day 39

    Day 40 Palm Sunday

    Day 41

    Day 42

    Day 43

    Day 44 Maundy Thursday

    Day 45 Good Friday

    Day 46

    Day 47 Easter Sunday

    Contributors

    *****

    Foreword

    As a Vicar, and not a very good one, what I most like to see is this: When a church member sees a need, thinks and prays about how he or she can help, and then proposes the solution and offers their energies to help others achieve it. This is, to me, one of the surest signs of the handiwork of the Holy Spirit. And this is how this book came about. Barney has drawn together the thoughts and experiences of many St Martin’s and St Thomas’s Church members to form a down to earth, real and practical devotional aid for lent.

    I commend it to you as yours. Its strength and power comes from the fact that you and your brothers and sisters wrote it. It springs from your area, your experience, and your issues. I hope and trust that it will help you to a greater contact with the Holy Bible and a deeper devotion to God. If you use it each day it will be like a shared pilgrimage, a journey of faith together, it will be something we can think about, talk about and pray about together. Even if you can’t get to a home group, or even a service sometimes, you will be sharing with the fellowship.

    So make this your Lenten fast; to spend time alone (with your friends) with God. Don’t rush it, don’t neglect it, but enjoy it - like a spring in the desert.

    Blessed are those whose strength is in you,

    whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.

    As they pass through the Valley of Baka,

    they make it a place of springs;

    the autumn rains also cover it with pools.

    They go from strength to strength,

    till each appears before God in Zion.

    Psalm 84:5-7

    Stephen Leeke

    *****

    The Daily Reflections

    An opening prayer to use before each reading:

    Lord God,

    Open my ears to hear your word,

    Open my heart to respond to your call,

    Open my mind that I may remember your teaching,

    And guide me always closer to your path.

    In Jesus’ name.

    Amen.

    *****

    Day 1 | Ash Wednesday

    Matthew 16:24

    Then Jesus said to his disciples, Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.

    *****

    Day 1 | Ash Wednesday

    Lent starts with Ash Wednesday and many churches have a service where members receive ash in the shape of a cross and the minister says, Remember you are dust and to dust you shall return. Turn away from sin and be faithful to Christ.

    This is usually quite a moving experience with a deep challenge. It is putting our earthly life into a perspective without any reference to our eternal life. We prepare for heaven here. We get ready for all the joy of the party with a bit of hard work beforehand. We understand that, that’s how it is with any party.

    But we can so easily misunderstand it, because the hard work is not earning our place at the table, nor is it proving we are worthy, or that we really want it or deserve it. We can’t earn it. That is the point of the cross. Jesus has done it all. He was obedient. He was sinless. He suffered, and he died, to make a way to heaven for us all. He is the Way. We are dust, he is the Saviour.

    If we were lost on a foggy mountainside and the rescue

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