Lenten Meditations: Monday 19 February 2024

Feb 19, 2024 by Jill

LENT I – St Odran, 452, Servant & Martyr

LITURGICAL THEME FOR THE DAY:  Odran was the chariot driver for Saint Patrick. He was assassinated in place of his master because he changed places with Patrick in the chariot when he knew that an ambush awaited them.

 MEDITATION OF THE DAY: Psalm 52 appointed for the Daily Office is worthy of our consideration this day. The psalmist states in the opening line a stunning reflection in light of the saint and martyr remembered this day…. Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man?   The steadfast love of God endures all the day.  Certainly The Lord’s steadfast love “endures all the day” and Archbishop Janani was utterly confident in that and it was the light of he and his people in the wake of such darkness. They indeed face a mighty man whose only boast was darkness but it was the Lord’s steadfast love that made the archbishop and his fellow clergy strong in the face of such evil They knew well the Lord would plant them in the paradise of His saints by His blood on the tree of the Cross. While our sole confidence can never be in our righteous acts – such as our consideration of the voiceless; our confidence is in the Righteous One who has considered the voiceless and compels us through Word and Sacrament to be an outward sign of His grace. This Lent we are called to journey with the One who did rise again, and that gracious God provides for the healing of our souls and the granting of true righteousness by faith.

PRAYER OF THE DAY: Almighty God, Your name is glorified even in the anguish of your Son’s death. Grant us the courage to receive your anointed servant who embodies wisdom and love that is foolishness to the world. empower us to witness so that all the world may recognize in the scandal of the cross the mystery of reconciliation. Amen.

LENTEN DISCIPLINE – Lead a Study at lunch and invite a few friends or colleagues. Read Psalm 52 and discuss some specific ways in which we can trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever in our public and private lives.

LENTEN LYRICS: Psalm 52 – I Trust You by Jasons Silver

ANCIENT WISDOM/PRESENT GRACE: “‘A martyr is, he who has become the instrument of God, who has lost his will in the will of God, not lost it but found it, for he has found freedom in submission to God. The martyr no longer desires anything for himself, not even the glory of martyrdom.” –T.S. Elliot.

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