Lent daybook, 40: Who is this King of Glory?

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1. The Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, taken earlier in March - Christopher Simon/APP/Getty Images - source
2. At Pakarua Presbyterian the youth celebrate Palm Sunday in a traditional dance - source

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Psalm 24 / Zechariah 9:9-12: Who is this King of Glory? / righteous and having salvation is He, humble and mounted on a donkey

{all readings for the day: Psalm 24; Zechariah 9:9-12, 12:9-13:9; 1 Timothy 6:12-16; Matthew 21:12-17 }

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Almighty and everliving God, in  your tender love for the human race you sent your Son our Savior Jesus Christ to take upon him our nature, and to suffer death upon the cross, giving us the example of his great humility: Mercifully grant that we may walk in the way of his suffering, and also share in his resurrection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. source

Hosanna, save us now, O Christ!

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Hosanna
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Lent daybook, 39: He was deeply moved in his spirit and greatly troubled

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Jesus Wept - Colin Booth
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John 11:28-44:  he was deeply moved in his spirit and greatly troubled 

{all readings for the day: Psalm 42; Jeremiah 31:27-34; Romans 11:25-36; John 11: 28-44  }

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Almighty God, you alone can bring into order the unruly wills and affections of sinners: Grant your people grace to love what you command and desire what you promise; that, among the swift and varied changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. source

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!

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Lawdy
 The Vespers

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 Love: Beloved

What is it about you that God delights in?

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Lent daybook, 38: Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live

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Lazarus, 2010 - Paul Martin
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John 11:1-27:  Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live

{all readings for the day: Psalm 22; Jeremiah 29:1, 4-13; Romans 11:13-24; John 11: 1-27 }

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Almighty God, you alone can bring into order the unruly wills and affections of sinners: Grant your people grace to love what you command and desire what you promise; that, among the swift and varied changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. source

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!

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I Am the Bread of Life
 John Michael Talbot

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 Love: Gift

What is the greatest experience of love you've ever had?

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Lent daybook, 37: I have calmed and quieted my soul

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A Moment's Rest - Emmanuel Zairis
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Psalm 131:  I have calmed and quieted my soul

{all readings for the day: Psalm 131; Jeremiah 26:1-16; Romans 11:1-12; John 10:19-42  }

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Almighty God, you alone can bring into order the unruly wills and affections of sinners: Grant your people grace to love what you command and desire what you promise; that, among the swift and varied changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. source

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!

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Hard Times
Bifrost Arts

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 Love: Respond

How does love motivate your responses to others today? 

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Lent daybook, 36: Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord!

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The Prayer - Constantin Brancusi
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Psalm 130:  Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord! O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy!

{all readings for the day: Psalm 130; Jeremiah 25:30-38; Romans 10:14-21; John 10:1-18  }

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Almighty God, you alone can bring into order the unruly wills and affections of sinners: Grant your people grace to love what you command and desire what you promise; that, among the swift and varied changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. source

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!

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Fix Me, Jesus 
 The American Spiritual Ensemble

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 Love

How do you greet the day?

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Lent daybook, 35:If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord

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The Christian Martyr's Last Prayer - Jean-Leon Gerome source  
Martyrs in Libya whispered "Lord Jesus Christ" before execution -- CNS/Reuters source

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Romans 10:1-13:  If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved

{all readings for the day: Psalm 121; Jeremiah 25:8-17; Romans 10:1-13; John 9:18-41 }

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Almighty God, you alone can bring into order the unruly wills and affections of sinners: Grant your people grace to love what you command and desire what you promise; that, among the swift and varied changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. source

My help is in the Name of the Lord who made the heavens and the earth. What then shall I fear of what shall I be afraid?

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 Berliner Messe: Kyrie
 Arvo Part

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 Love: Identify

What's your identity? What are you to be about? ...To receive God's love in every way into your being and then to reflect that love outward. Hildegard of Bingen, the great medieval abbess, said we should be mirrors... mirroring God's light and God's love with great generosity everywhere we go. Love: love is of our essence. 

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Lent daybook, 34: Into Thy hands I commit my spirit

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Deposition from the Cross - Jacopo Pontormo
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Psalm 31:  Into Thy hands I commit my spirit

{all readings for the day: Psalm 31, 35; Jeremiah 24:1-10; Romans 9:19-33; John 9:1-17 }

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Almighty God, you alone can bring into order the unruly wills and affections of sinners: Grant your people grace to love what you command and desire what you promise; that, among the swift and varied changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. source

Let us praise the Lord, whom the Angels are praising, whom the Cherubim and Seraphim proclaim: Holy, holy, holy!

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 Twenty-Three/Trouble So Hard
 Tim Coons

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 Love: Authentic

Are your expectations too rigid?

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