Lent 2009: Day 39

Lenten Journey through the Spiritual Alphabet
Psalm 119, Sustainable Love

Resh
Look at my affliction and rescue me,
for I have not forgotten your teaching.
Take up my cause and redeem me;
for the sake of your promise give me life.
Salvation is far from sinners
because they do not cherish your laws.
Your compassion is great, O LORD;
in accord with your edicts give me life.
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……..But Mary stayed outside the tomb weeping. And as she wept, she bent over into the tomb and saw two angels in white sitting there, one at the head and one at the feet where the body of Jesus had been.
And they said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "They have taken my Lord, and I don't know where they laid him."

When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus there, but did not know it was Jesus. …
(excerpt John 20)
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Heavenly Father whose Edict is Love
Thank you for Mary of Magdala
she is a friend of my saint Veronica.

Mm friend heard me crying
and supported me with your Voice.

Sometimes my heart gets twisted out of shape
and to protect it, I don’t let it listen like it could.
Now, it is hearing the things I started to forget
Its shape is returning,
turning around to greet You in me.

Thank you for the gift of angels:
the gift of patient friends, teachers, pastors;
the gift of your Word flowing through them
to us.