Churches Together in Britain and Ireland

Churches Together in Britain and Ireland

lent 2009

sense making faith

BBC Radio 4 Daily Service / readings

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In the days following the Sunday Worship, each theme was further explored in The Daily Service link to external website from Monday to Thursday at 0945 on BBC Radio 4 (198 Long Wave and Digital). We included the daily themes and readings below so that they could be followed through Lent. (The Act of Worship at the same time on Fridays usually reflects current events, so it has not been included in this series.)

Week 1 - Journey into Seeing
Beginning Sunday 1 March

People whose spiritual journeys were changed by the encounter with Jesus

Week 1 - Daily readings, commentary and reflection (PDF)

Sunday 1st March
Bartimaeus receives his sight
Mark 10:46-52
Isaiah 42.5-9; 16-20

Monday 2 March
Seeing salvation
Luke 2:25-32

Tuesday 3 March
Zacchaeus sees Jesus
Luke 19:1-11

Wednesday 4 March
Saul is blinded
Acts 9:1-9

Thursday 5 March
Stephen sees the glory of God
Acts 7:54- 8:1

Week 2- Journey into Imagination
Beginning Sunday 8th March

The spiritual journey is directed by visions of the future from God

Week 2 - Daily readings, commentary and reflection (PDF)

Sunday 8th March
Jesus gives a vision of the future
Matthew 24:1-14,30-35
Isaiah 6.1-8

Monday 9 March
The gift of imagination
Genesis 22:15-19

Tuesday 10 March
Imagining the Day of the Lord
Malachi 3:1-6

Wednesday 11 March
Imagining God's glory
Ezekiel 1:1, 4-14, 26-28

Thursday 12 March
Imagining heaven
Revelation 21:1-8

Week 3- Journey into Smell
Beginning Sunday 15th March

The spiritual understanding of how we connect to others and to God by what we smell

Week 3 - Daily readings, commentary and reflection (PDF)

Sunday 15th March
John 12. 1-8
Psalm 51

Monday 16 March
The gift of smell
Song of Solomon 1:1-3; 2:10-13

Tuesday 17 March
Using smell
Genesis 27:21-29

Wednesday 18 March
The smell of death
John 11:38-44

Thursday 19 March
The fragrance of Christ
2 Corinthians 2:14-17

Week 4 - Journey into Touching
Beginning Sunday 22nd March

Touch leads spiritually to healing or hurt.

Week 4 - Daily readings, commentary and reflection (PDF)

Sunday 22nd March
Judas kisses Jesus
Mark 14:43-50
Exodus 2.5-10

Monday 23 March
The touch of oppression
Isaiah 53:3-6

Tuesday 24 March
The gift of touch
Luke 10:30-37

Wednesday 25 March
Touched by the Holy Spirit
(Annunciation) Luke 1:26-35

Thursday 26 March
A sick woman touches Jesus
Mark 5:25-34

Week 5 - Journey into Tasting
Beginning Sunday 29th March

Taste teaches us about God's desire to take care of us

Week 5 - Daily readings, commentary and reflection (PDF)

Sunday 29th March
The Last Supper
Mark 14:12-28 Psalm 81

Monday 30 March
Tasting God
Psalm 34:1-10

Tuesday 31 March
The gift of taste
Exodus 16:1-3, 13-18, 35

Wednesday 1 April
Tasting the Word
Psalm 119:97-104

Thursday 2 April
Effective taste
Matthew 5:13-16

Week 6 - Journey into Hearing
Beginning Sunday 5th April

Learning to hear and pay attention to God's Word prepares us to follow God

Week 6 - Daily readings, commentary and reflection (PDF)

Sunday 5th April
Jesus enters Jerusalem
Luke 19:28-44 Psalm 118. 1; 19-end

Monday 6 April
Hearing the cry of Hosanna
Matthew 21:1-9

Tuesday 7 April
Hearing the cry of betrayal
Matthew 26:40-50

Wednesday 8 April
Hearing the cry of denial
Matthew 26:69-75

Thursday 9 April
Hearing the cry of Crucify
(Maundy Thursday) Matthew 27:20-26

 

 

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