Saturday 12 April 2025

Welcome to the Saturday Examen.

How has your Lent journey gone so far?

You might want to find a new spot to pray today. A different chair, for example, or a different room. Somewhere you’ve not prayed in before. Enjoy choosing this new place.

Be aware of anything you notice in this ‘new’ place.

Some of this week’s readings have been drawn from the Old Testament, others from the New Testament. Is there a thread running though their message?

Reflect on the shape of our story, intermingled, inextricably linked, with that of God’s story.

God’s great plan for our rescue.

Has your faith journey thus far reflected old and new in any way? Would you like it to?

Let God know how you feel about the old and the new in your own story. Recall details that matter to you. They will matter, deeply, to God.

God’s love for us is steadfast, His mercies are ‘new every morning’ (Lam. 3:22-23). What do you need in order to trust in the renewing love of God today? You can ask for that.

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