Lent 2009: Fourth Sunday

As I mentioned last week, Sundays are not part of Lent, but rather always celebrations of the resurrection. To mark this distinction, instead of my thoughts on scripture, here's some bits by others that I find interesting...

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"God's will will be done on earth whether we ask or not. We pray, in the Lord's Prayer that it might be done through us." -- Unknown

[When we pray] "not only God in heaven is being petitioned and asked to act. We are also charging ourselves, as part of the body of Christ, with some responsibility for answering the prayer. To pray as a Christian demands concrete involvement in trying to bring about what is pleaded for in the prayer." -- Ronald Rolheiser in "The Holy Longing: The Search for Christian Spirituality"

"Christianity started out in Palestine as a fellowship. Then it moved to Greece and became a philosophy, then it went to Rome and became an institution, and then it went to Europe and became a government. Finally it came to America where we made it an enterprise." -- Richard Halverson, while he was US Senate Chaplain

"Our discontent is why we engage the church; why we don't leave." -- Shane Claiborn

"God remembers. And reminds us who we are." ... "It's not enough to feel good, to feel loved, and forget who we are called to be." -- Alexie Torres-Fleming

Oh, and check it out: PRETZELS were invented (probably by monks) around 1400 years ago as a snack to get people through fasts during Lent. An interesting read: http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/religion/re0535.html

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Theology Pub at Brion's Grille on Tuesday 3/24 at 5:15pm. All are welcome.

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