Second Day in Lent
Opening Sentence Rend your hearts and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and repents of evil. + Joel 2:13 R ead Today | Thursday | February 11 Ps. 37:1–18; Ps. 37:19–42; Hab. 3:1–10 (11–15) 16–18; Phil. 3:12–21; John 17:1–8 Psalm 37 The Psalm entreats people to have courage and endurance; to have a faithful life; draws comparisons of the wicked and the righteous; God loves justice and the righteous; there is a focus on experience and observation. Habakkuk 3 He was the 8th of the 12 minor prophets; we do not know much about him; Habakkuk complains of the harsh treatment of the Babylonians; why do the good suffer?; this section is a prayer in the form of a hymn; God is the dominant force in the creation including the salvation of the people using a lot of natural images. Philippians 3 One of Paul's richest writings of the faith; could be from 3 different w...