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Lent Roll - Week 7, MON

"Some deny Jesus by saying they never knew him. Others deny Jesus by insisting that they are the only ones who 'really do' know him."
-Greg

Matthew 26:31-75
Mark 14:26-72
Luke 22:31-62
John 13:36-38
John 18:15-27
(perhaps denying Jesus is so significant that it appears in every Gospel)

 

Lent Roll - Week 7, SUN

"Imagine if every church became a place where everyone is safe, but no one is comfortable. ... We might just create sanctuary."
Rachel Held Evans

Mark 14:12-25 (we usually think a large gathering of friends or family should, by its nature, be harmonious; on the other hand, betrayals in situations like this are Biblical)

 

 

Lent Roll - Week 6, SAT

“Today I know that such memories are the key not to the past, but to the future. I know that the experiences of our lives, when we let God use them, become the mysterious and perfect preparation for the work He will give us to do.”
Corrie ten Boom

John 13:1-35 (through foot washing as an example of serving one another, Jesus tells disciples that they, and we, should do the same)

 

Lent Roll - Week 6, FRI

“I questioned the faithful of all communions; I particularly sought the society of clergymen, who are the depositaries of the various creeds and have a personal interest in their survival. As a practicing Catholic I was particularly close to the Catholic priests, with some of whom I soon established a certain intimacy. I expressed my astonishment and revealed my doubts to each of them; I found that they all agreed with each other except about details; all thought that the main reason for the quiet sway of religion over their country was the complete separation of church and state. I have no hesitation in stating that throughout my stay in America I met nobody, lay or cleric, who did not agree about that.”
Alexis de Tocqueville

Matthew 26:14-16 (to betray Jesus, the chief priests paid Judas 30 pieces of silver)

 

Lent Roll - Week 6, THU

"If you make it impossible for people to make you happy, then people will lose interest in whether you are happy or not."
-Greg

John 21:15-19 (after breakfast, Jesus tells Peter that the way to love him is to care for the flock he described in John 10, one that included sheep Peter may not have considered to be eligible to join into one flock)

 

Lent Roll - Week 6, WED

"Once I get them to tell me about the God they don't believe in, it turns out I don't believe in that God either."
Susan Russell

John 21:1-14 (after His death and resurrection, after appearing to Mary and others, Jesus surprises his fisherman followers when he stops for a seaside breakfast meeting)

 

Lent Roll - Week 6, TUE

"The door is only as open as the mind inside the office."
-Greg

Luke 24:13-35 (Jesus met some of his followers, probably not inner circle but believers, as they walked from Jerusalem to Emmaus; they didn’t recognize him)