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    An (un)Common Book of Hours
    An (un)Common Book of Hours
    An (un)Common Book of Hours
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    An (un)Common Book of Hours

    By Peter Watkins

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    Lent is an important season of the Church’s Liturgical Year. The traditional purpose of Lent is one of preparation; preparation for the season of Easter which follows it. Prayer is one way through Lent that can be used to prepare for Easter, and prayer is the focus of this booklet.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPeter Watkins
    Release dateJan 5, 2013
    ISBN9781301353361
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      An (un)Common Book of Hours - Peter Watkins

      An (un)Common Book of Hours

      Lent - Year C - 2013

      Compiled by Peter Watkins

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      Table of Contents

      Preface

      Lent 1

      Ash Wednesday

      Thursday

      Friday

      Saturday

      First Sunday of Lent

      Monday

      Tuesday

      Wednesday

      Lent 2

      Thursday

      Friday

      Saturday

      Second Sunday of Lent

      Monday

      Tuesday

      Wednesday

      Lent 3

      Thursday

      Friday

      Saturday

      Third Sunday of Lent

      Monday

      Tuesday

      Wednesday

      Lent 4

      Thursday

      Friday

      Saturday

      Fourth Sunday of Lent

      Monday

      Tuesday

      Wednesday

      Lent 5

      Thursday

      Friday

      Saturday

      Fifth Sunday of Lent

      Monday

      Tuesday

      Wednesday

      Lent 6

      Thursday

      Friday

      Saturday

      Passion or Palm Sunday

      Monday of Holy Week

      Tuesday of Holy Week

      Wednesday of Holy Week

      Notes

      Copyrights and permissions

      Acknowledgements

      Contributors

      Preface

      Lent is an important season of the Church’s Liturgical Year. It is a period of 40 days which commences on Ash Wednesday and finishes on Easter Eve, which is also known as Maundy Thursday. The traditional purpose of Lent is one of preparation; preparation for the season of Easter which follows it. Easter is the season that defines the purpose of Christianity; the period of time that commemorates the death and resurrection of Jesus, the latter event being the foundation of the Christian faith. Traditionally, penitence, self-denial and prayer have been the means that believers have used throughout the period of Lent to prepare for Easter, and it is prayer that is the focus of this booklet. The aim of this booklet is to act as a prayer devotional resource for Lent.

      So why An (un)Common Book of Hours?

      My motivation for this booklet was to compile a set of reflections and prayers drawn from a group of Christians which reflects, to what seems to me, the great diversity which exists within Christianity, something that is not often acknowledged nor sufficiently celebrated. This represents the (un) component of the title. The Common is derived from the use of the Daily Readings of the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL), a three year table of readings from the Bible which is in widespread use around the world (see commontexts.org for further details on the RCL) and thus is common to many of those who offer homilies each week, and the Book of Hours refers to the devotional content of this booklet.

      Recruitment of the contributors to this project was by invitation. Some of the contributors I have known for quite some time while, for others, this represent the first time that I have had contact but I hope that this will continue beyond the scope of this booklet. In order to participate, each contributor was sent a copy of the outline which forms the framework for each daily devotional, and a set of readings for each day Lent. Each person was asked to provide a reflection (around 500 words) as well as a prayer that relates to both the reflection and the set of readings. The result of their endeavours is what you will be reading for Lent.

      When I first envisaged this booklet, I anticipated that, with such a diverse group of contributors, a wide range of voices would be heard. However, with the arrival of each contribution, I found quite the opposite; there seemed not be a multitude of voices but rather only One.

      It is my hope that this booklet will assist you in preparation for Lent, but also allow you to experience a taste of, what is in my view, the rich diversity which exists within Christianity.

      Ad gloriam Dei in eius voluntate

      Lent 1

      Ash Wednesday

      Call to Prayer

      O Lord, open our lips,

      And our mouths shall proclaim your praise.

      Still our minds and hearts

      So that we may be open to your Word.

      May your Spirit speak to us.

      Readings

      Joel 2:1-2, 12-17 or Isaiah 58:1-12

      Psalm 51:1-17

      2 Corinthians 5:20b—6:10

      Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

      Reflection - Richard Haggis

      It is human nature to judge. We judge a person’s looks, their clothes, their voice and accent, their education and background. And we think oh, you must be this-or-that sort of person and decide whether, in principle we will like them or not. But a person who to me looks cute, may to you look dull; to me seem bright, to you seem cocky; to me seem refined, to you seem snooty. Not all of your friends can be my friends, nor mine yours. We judge, but we come to different verdicts.

      The Bible is full of anxiety about judgement. There is even an Old Testament book called Judges, in which the people of Israel do well under a good judge, and badly under a bad one. The prophets constantly pronounce God’s judgement on the people of Israel and their behaviour. But every so often we see a glimmer of something much more interesting. Our reading from Joel shows us that judgement by God is something to look forward to - for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love. We’re not expecting this. Joel is telling us that being judged by God is infinitely better than being judged by the caprice and expediencies of human judges.

      As we look forward to the season of Lent - and let’s look forward to it - our readings point us towards that merciful God, the God to whom we can confess our sins in penitence and faith, because all that we have done through negligence, through weakness, through our own deliberate fault, he knows already and has forgiven.

      But we in turn must forgive. That is Lent’s greatest challenge - not to give things up, but to grow into the most characteristic aspect of the God in whose image and likeness we are made - to forgive, as we are forgiven. For God’s sake. Amen.

      Prayers for others

      The Lord’s Prayer

      In this season of Lent, give us your grace to grow in faithfulness, to show forth your love in the world, by word, and deed, and prayer, and to know your promise to be with us always, as a light in our lives, and the inspiration of our souls. Amen.

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