Saturday 5 April 2025

Welcome to the Saturday examen.

Take a quiet minute now to reflect on how your week been.

Try to recall a moment when you felt close to the Lord. How did you encounter him?

Try to recall a moment when you felt distant from the Lord. What was happening for you?

Now, offer these times to the Lord, the first in gratitude for your encounters and in prayer for the more distant times.

Now a short excerpt of the scripture from each day of the past week will be read either as a memory prompt from the past week or as fresh readings for today, noticing which one most speaks to you.

For I am about to create new heavens
 and a new earth;
the former things shall not be remembered
 or come to mind.


‘Do you want to be made well?’


For the Lord has comforted his people,
 and will have compassion on his suffering ones.


And the Lord changed his mind about the disaster that he planned to bring on his people.


But the one who sent me is true, and you do not know him. I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.’

Which of these readings from the week is most memorable?

Which of these readings most moved you today?

Give thanks to God in prayer, for his faithful and compassionate presence with you in the past week.

Now, offer the coming week to him, trusting that he goes ahead of you.

You have given all to me
To you, Lord, I return it
Everything is Yours
Do with it what You will
Give me only Your love and Your grace
That is enough for me
Amen