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Saturday, April 26, 2014

risen, saturday

Saturday, April 26

Come to Stillness: Take a few minutes to allow your mind and heart to be still before God.

Opening Prayer: Power of Love, shining through the risen Jesus, radiantly shine in the dark places of my pain.  Let their power to infect me be broken and drawn into your heart. (Feed My Shepherds by Flora Slosson Wuellner)

Scripture Reading for the Day: John 21:1-25

Reading for Reflection:

     “The way of possibility is the way of going through.”

                                                                                    ~John S. Dunne

     It’s a good thing Easter is a season and not just a day because some resurrections take time. Like the coming of spring, some resurrections happen gradually; they are not overnight sensations. And yet somehow, we need to experience these as miracles too.
     Fortunately, the Easter season (fifty days, eight Sundays, seven weeks—however you want to look at it) is longer than Lent because there are some areas of our lives where resurrection takes longer than dying. The Church calendar itself teaches us that “the implications of the resurrection—its explosive force—call for an extended period of exploration and appropriation.”  For us mere mortals. Easter cannot be done in a day. (When Resurrection Takes Time by Ruth Haley Barton)

Reflection and Listening: silent and written

Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself
                                        
Closing Prayer: Almighty Father, who in your great mercy gladdened the disciples with the sight of the risen Lord: give us such knowledge of his presence with us, that we may be strengthened and sustained by his risen life and serve you continually in righteousness and truth; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen. (A Collect for Easter, Oremus)

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