Lenten Meditations: Monday 2 March
Psalm: am: 41, 52 pm: 44
Old Testament: Gen 37:1-11
Epistle: 1 Cor 1:1-19
Gospel: Mark 1:1-13
Monday of the First Week of Lent – St. Chad, Bishop of Mercia and Litchfield, 672. Patron saint of Astronomers
LITURGICAL THEME FOR THE DAY :
One of the many great Celtic Missionary Bishop Monks, he was trained by St. Aidan in Lindisfarne and spent time with St. Egbert in Ireland. His faithfulness impressed many and he was made the archbishop of York by King Oswy. However, Chad was disciplined by Archbishop Theodore for accepting the see improperly (from his point of view) in 669. Chad accepted Theodore’s charges of impropriety with such humility and grace that Theodore regularized his consecration and appointed him the bishop of Mercia. He also established a see at Litchfield.
MEDITATION OF THE DAY : This portion of the Joseph story is an excellent reminder of God’s provision for His people. Through Joseph, God provides abundantly beyond what Jacob and his other sons ever could have expected. We saw how God provided for all their physical, emotional, and spiritual needs, in His timing, not theirs, that is the key for us isn’t it. That we are to wait on God in his timing and infinite wisdom for blessing. That is hard for us who live in a fast paced automatic gratification society. Yet by not being patient and being demanding in the now we lost sight of the fact that what we receive from God is the result of grace, not through merit. This is a worthy theme on the feast of Blessed Chad, who waited patiently upon the Lord after being wronged by a new Archbishop. What are some things that may hinder us from experiencing God’s provision and prevents us from experiencing Christ?
PRAYER OF THE DAY:
God of grace, rouse up within your people fear of the Lord, and call us to remember this holy season knowing that you will come in the clouds in great power and majesty to judge the living and the dead. May we respond to God’s claim on us with due fear and love so that as often as God disturbs the sky, yet spares us still, we should implore God’s mercy, examining the innermost recesses of our hearts and purging our sins all for the love of you. Amen – St. Chad
ANCIENT WISDOM/PRESENT GRACE: “ First offer them the milk of simpler teaching, as the Apostle recommends, so that gradually, as they grow strong on the food of God’s Word, they are capable of receiving more elaborate instructions and of carrying out the higher commandment of God. ~ St. Aidan
LENTEN DISCIPLINE – All of us have been accused of being or doing something that perhaps was not true and we hold a grudge towards that person. In the spirit of St. Chad.
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