Jesus is the living water who knows everything we’ve ever done and calls us still to the well of that living water… Fasting, the most well known practice, is done so that we’re ready to meet Jesus by the well, to meet him by the font at the Easter Vigil… Jesus has come to bring us and to be for us a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.
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Let us pray for the Church, for its witness, mission, and ministry. Pray that life be breathed into it. Let us pray for the Church, for its leaders and unity. Pray for Francis; the bishop of Rome, Bartholomew, the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople; Justin, the Archbishop of Canterbury; Michael, the Presiding Bishop; Melissa and Brian;
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Almighty God, we pray for Your Church and all who follow You. Today we especially pray for The Anglican Church of Southern Africa; St. Paul’s, Seattle; and St. Peter’s, Seattle. Guide the leaders of Your Church, especially our presiding Bishop Michael; our Bishop Provisional Melissa; and our priest Joseph. Let all Christians be known by
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Creator God, bless the faithful, those struggling to be faithful, our own church community of St. Hilda St. Patrick, and religious leaders around the world. We ask your blessings especially for St. John the Baptist, Seattle, and Saint Mark’s Cathedral, Seattle, as well as for the Church of South India (United) God of love, hear
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Lord, we pray for those whom you have called to teach and lead our communities of faith in the Episcopal church, especially Joseph, Melissa, and Michael. In the Anglican Communion, we pray for Church of the Province of South East Asia. In our Diocese of Olympia, we pray for Ascension, Seattle; Epiphany, Seattle; and St.
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ReBorn Spiritual rebirth, Re-birth, Born again, Reborn, Reawakened, Found, or Redeemed all mean one thing, transformation. Simply put, we become believers in Jesus. We choose to reject the persuasion of others and Jesus becomes the influencer of our thoughts, words and actions in relationships and those we direct toward ourselves. It is a Calling, not
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While we don’t face temptations exactly like Jesus faces here, we are tempted nonetheless. For some of us a few days into our Lenten fasts we’ve broken them. We may be tempted to fully count ourselves failures or tempted to just shrug it off as not having mattered anyway. While the lectionary fails spectacularly at showing Jesus being tempted in every way that we were, it nonetheless shows that Jesus faced temptations. The mundane, real-life, day-to-day temptations that we give in to or resist, Jesus faced too.
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If our lives are not transformed by meeting Jesus the Christ by encountering the true and living God the encounter is for naught. In seeing Jesus’ transfigured body in holding him in our hands as Bread God admonishes us to listen to Jesus. Mountain top experiences going to thin places are for the good of the world not just the good of our feelings.
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O God, we pray for the entire Body of Christ and its leaders throughout the world. We pray especially for our Bishop Provisional, Melissa; and our priest, Joseph; as well as lay people who minister in your name. In our Diocese, we pray for St. James, Kent; and St. George, Maple Valley. In the Anglican
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