Category Archives: Seasonal
pieta
My soul is downcast within me; therefore I will remember you from the land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon – from Mount Mizar. Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me.’ Psalm 42 v.6-7
love left a window in the skies
The shackles are undone,
the bullets quit the gun
The heat that’s in the sun will keep us when there’s none
The rule has been disproved, the stone it has been moved
The grave is now a groove, all debts are removed
…
Oh can’t you see what love has done?
-U2, Window in the Skies
at his feet
IF
I covet any place on earth but the
dust at the foot of the cross,
then I know nothing of Calvary love.
-Amy Carmichael, If
lenten & easter playlist
a few favorites to meditate and reflect upon during this lenten & easter season. enjoy.
lenten & easter playlist
(note: some versions of the hymns found aren’t my favorite but are still good)
a few not found on the above playlist:
Power in the Blood
O Worship the King
How Deep the Father’s Love for Us
Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me (ignore the strange images on the youtube video)
Hallelujah, What a Savior
High Noon
Worship Christ the Risen King
taize favorites:
Song One
The kingdom of God is justice and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit
Come Lord, and open in us in the gates of your kingdom.
Song Two
Wait for the Lord, whose day is near.
Wait for the Lord, keep watch, take heart!
Song Three
Bless the Lord, my soul, and bless God’s holy name.
Bless the Lord, my soul, who leads me into life. (Ps 104,1)
most favorite lyrics of all time
Alleluia, He is coming
Alleluia, He is here
Alleluia, He is coming
Alleluia, He is here
-Martha Butler, Alleluia, He is Coming
lent
It is my Lent to break my Lent,
To eat when I would fast,
To know when slender strength is spent,
Take shelter from the blast
When I would run with wind and rain,
To sleep when I would watch.
It is my Lent to smile at pain
But not ignore its touch.
It is my Lent to listen well
When I would be alone,
To talk when I would rather dwell
In silence, turn from none
Who call on me, to try to see
That what is truly meant
Is not my choice. If Christ’s I’d be
It’s thus I’ll keep my Lent.
-Madeleine L’Engle
bread of the world
Bread of the world, in mercy broken,
Wine of the soul, in mercy shed,
By Whom the words of life were spoken,
And in Whose death our sins are dead.
Look on the heart by sorrow broken,
Look on the tears by sinners shed;
And be Thy feast to us the token,
That by Thy grace our souls are fed.
-Reginald Heber, Hymn: Bread of the World, In Mercy Broken
think on me
Lord Jesus, think on me
And purge away my sin;
From earthborn passions set me free
And make me pure within.
Lord Jesus, think on me,
With many a care oppressed;
Let me Thy loving servant be
And taste Thy promised rest.
Lord Jesus, think on me
Nor let me go astray;
Through darkness and perplexity
Point Thou the heavenly way.
Lord Jesus, think on me
That, when the flood is past,
I may th’eternal brightness see
And share Thy joy at last.
-Words: Synesius of Cyrene, translated by Allen W. Chatfield: Lord, Jesus Think on Me
the tension
“The season of Lent, during which winter and spring struggle with each other for dominance, helps us in a special way to cry out for God’s mercy.”
-Henri Nouwen
peacocks for pilgrims 