Scripture Readings Proverbs 11:2-11;  Isaiah 61:3-7;  2 Timothy 4:1-8;  John 10:11-16 Prayer Daily Prayer Rule for Great Lent Reflection “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the...

Scripture Readings Deuteronomy 7:11-8:1;  Job 9:1-10:2;  Isaiah 40:9-17 Prayer Daily Prayer Rule for Great Lent Reflection “He will feed his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms, and carry them in his bosom, and gently lead the mother sheep.” Isaiah 40:11 In one short passage,...

Scripture Readings 1 Samuel 3:21-4:18;  Proverbs 3:11-4:14;  Jeremiah 2:31-3:16 Prayer Daily Prayer Rule for Great Lent Reflection “The Philistines deployed their forces to meet Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand of them on the battlefield. When the soldiers returned...

Scripture Readings Exodus 2:11-22;  Joel 2:1-11;  Micah 4:1-7 Prayer Daily Prayer Rule for Great Lent Reflection “One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to where his own people were and watched them at their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own...

Scripture Readings 1 Samuel 1:23-2:26,  Proverbs 2:1-3:10,   Jeremiah 1:11-2:3 Prayer Daily Prayer Rule for Great Lent Reflection they brought the boy to Eli, and she said to him, “Pardon me, my lord. As surely as you live, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the Lord....

Scripture Readings 1 Samuel 1:1-23;  Proverbs 1:1-33;  Jeremiah 1:1-10 Prayer Daily Prayer Rule for Great Lent Reflection “And her rival used to provoke her sorely, to irritate her, because the LORD had closed her womb. So it went on year by year; as often as she went up to the...

Scripture Reading:  Wisdom 8:19-9:5;  Isaiah 62:6-9;  Romans 8:28-39;   Matthew 10:16-22 Daily Prayer Rule for Great Lent Reflection And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28 A divine invitation into cooperation, a...