Lent 2: Life Transformed

The journey through Lent into Easter is a journey with Jesus. We are baptized into his life, self-giving, and death; then, we rise in hope to life transformed. This Lent, communities are invited to walk with Jesus in his Way of Love and into the experience of transformed life. Together, we will reflect anew on the loving actions of God as recounted in the Easter Vigil readings. Together, we will walk through the depths of salvation history into the fullness of redemption.

Reflection # 1: Matthew 25:44-45

“Then they also will answer, ‘Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not take care of you?’ Then he will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.” Where are you being encouraged to “show up”?

Reflection # 2: Isaiah 40:8

“The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God will stand forever.” What passage of scripture is important to you? Why?

Resources produced by Hillary Raining and Jenifer Gamber, Sermons that Work.(Sermons that Work, T.E.C.) 

Prayer: Holy God, whose Spirit’s breath prompts our seeking: transform the night-time of our fear into a welcoming womb for us and all the world; through Jesus Christ, in whom we are born anew. Amen. 

Prayers for an Inclusive Church (2009) alt.