Lord Jesus Christ, You see how bent over we are Under the weight of the world’s habits. Unburden us Clear the path within our soul Lift up our heads to see you Our hearts to love you To follow you To stay with you. Ash Wednesday and First Sunday in Lent As we enter into [...]

Lord Jesus Christ, You see how bent over we are Under the weight of the world’s habits. Unburden us Clear the path within our soul Lift up our heads to see you Our hearts to love you And welcome You. Transfiguration Our lectionary guide bids us join Jesus as he walks further north into the [...]

Lord Jesus Christ, You see how bent over we are Under the weight of the world’s habits. Unburden us Clear the path within our soul Lift up our heads to see you Our hearts to love you And welcome You. Fourth Week in Epiphany The lectionary reading this week takes us into two places of [...]

Lord Jesus Christ, You see how bent over we are Under the weight of the world’s habits. Unburden us Clear the path within our soul Lift up our heads to see you Our hearts to love you And welcome You. Third Week in Epiphany This week the lectionary reading takes us to Nazareth, the town [...]

Lord Jesus Christ, You see how bent over we are Under the weight of the world’s habits. Unburden us Clear the path within our soul Lift up our heads to see you Our hearts to love you And welcome You. Second Sunday after Epiphany Beginnings: the first sign–at a wedding. A wedding is a beginning, [...]

Lord Jesus Christ, You see how bent over we are Under the weight of the world’s habits. Unburden us Clear the path within our soul Lift up our heads to see you Our hearts to love you And welcome You. Baptism of the Lord: First Sunday after Epiphany Luke’s gospel leads us into the wilderness [...]

Lord Jesus Christ, You come Little A baby A little child Help me to see you To welcome you To know you. Epiphany of the Lord Matthew’s gospel traces the path of Epiphany – that journey into into recognition of God showing up among us in Jesus. The path we tread toward knowing is intertwined [...]

Lord Jesus Christ, You see how bent over we are Under the weight of the world’s habits. Unburden us Clear the path within our soul Lift up our heads to see you Our hearts to love you And welcome your coming. Nativity of our Lord; first Sunday after Christmas “The annunciation is the story of [...]

Lord Jesus Christ, You see how bent over we are Under the weight of the world’s habits. Unburden us Clear the path within our soul Lift up our heads to see you Our hearts to love you And welcome your coming. Season of Advent:  Week 4   This week we encounter a young woman, Mary, [...]

This week our lectionary guide leaves us a while longer in the wilderness. Be still for a while. Breathe in the silence. Listen: a voice sounds: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall be [...]