Wednesday 27 March

Deuteronomy 4: 5-9

Moses said to the people: “See, just as the Lord my God has charged me, I now teach you statutes and ordinances for you to observe in the land that you are about to enter and occupy. You must observe them diligently, for this will show your wisdom and discernment to the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, "Surely this great nation is a wise and discerning people!"  For what other great nation has a god so near to it as the Lord our God is whenever we call to him?  And what other great nation has statutes and ordinances as just as this entire law that I am setting before you today?  But take care and watch yourselves closely, so as neither to forget the things that your eyes have seen nor to let them slip from your mind all the days of your life; make them known to your children and your children’s children.”

Music

Closing Prayer (Lent)

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.

Today is Wednesday 27th March in the third week of Lent.  

The community of Taizé sing: L’ajuda em vindrà del Senyor, My help comes from the Lord. This time of prayer is an opportunity to acknowledge the Lord and all that He does for me.  

Today’s reading is from the Book of Deuteronomy.  

God ‘charged’ Moses to pass on his word and teaching to the people.  How do you listen to or hear God’s law and word?  What for you is the most important part of God’s law?  

How do you feel when you hear that God is ‘near’ to us?  Is it frightening?  Or comforting?  Or what?  

As the reading is read again, listen closely to what God is saying through Moses to the people.  Can you hear a message, not just for the people of Moses’ era, but for you too?   ‘

Take care and watch yourselves closely….’  How are you aware of what is going on for you, how you are feeling, what God is doing for you?  Perhaps you could ask God to deepen your awareness of all of this?