Almighty and everlasting God, who in your tender love towards the human race sent your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ to take upon him our flesh and to suffer death upon the Cross: grant that we may follow the example of his patience and humility, and also be made partakers of his Resurrection.A Collect in Reflections for Lent 2015 by Malcolm Guite, Ben Quash, Frances Ward and Lucy Winkett (Church House Publishing, 2014)Fasting is only one branch of a large and momentous duty, the subdual of ourselves to Christ. We must surrender to him all we have, all we are … The great thing is to subdue ourselves; but as to the particular form in which the self-conquest and self-surrender is to be expressed, that depends on the person himself, and on the time or place. What is good for one
26 February 2015, The Tablet
Spiritual readings – 28 February 2015
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