Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40+ days of prayerful repentance.

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Look: Early in the Morning (from the CIVA exhibit “Again and Again”), Barry Sherbeck - Source

Listen: Nothing Left to Prove, Maverick City, feat. Israel Houghton & Naomi Raine - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read: Psalm 107:33-43; Psalm 108:1-6, 33; Exodus 2:23-3:15; 1 Corinthians 13:1-13; Mark 9:14-29

Pray & Do: On Saturdays during Lent, we’ll spend about 15 minutes practicing a devotional exercise known as an examen.

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Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40+ days of prayerful repentance.

Look: The Ninth Wave, Ivan Aivazovsky - Source

Listen: O Nata Lux, Lauridsen, Voces8 - Text& Translation | Spotify | YouTube

Read: Psalm 95; Psalm 102; Psalm 107:1-32; Exodus 2:1-22; 1 Corinthians 12:27-13:3; Mark 9:2-13

Pray: Pray: On Fridays during Lent, we will pray the traditionally-read prayers of the daily office that draw us into Psalm 95, known in Latin as the Invitatory and the Venite.

Do: Fast from one kind of food, one meal, or one whole day of eating today.

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Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40+ days of prayerful repentance.

Is this your first time to practice Lent? Here's a simple introduction.

Look: Women Fighting Demons, Caitlin Connolly - Source | H/T

Listen: Torches, The Oh Hellos - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read: Psalm 69; Psalm 73; Exodus 1:6-22; 1 Corinthians 12:12-26; Mark 8:27-9:1

Pray & Do: Read out loud as a prayer Malcolm Guite’s sonnet in your meditation on Psalm 73.

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Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40+ days of prayerful repentance.

Look: A child cries while waiting for rice being distributed to residents in Les Cayes, Haiti, on Aug. 16, days after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck the southwestern part of the hemisphere's poorest nation, killing more than 2,200 people, Joseph Odelyn—AP - Source

Listen: The Ash is In Our Clothes - Spotify | YouTube

Read: Psalm 101; Psalm 109; Psalm 119: 121-144; Genesis 50:15-26; 1 Corinthians 12:1-11; Mark 8:11-26

Pray: On Wednesdays, we'll pray the Confession and Litany of Penitence from the Ash Wednesday service in the Book of Common Prayer.

Do: On Wednesdays through Lent, consider fasting from spending money, and feast on giving alms instead.

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Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40+ days of prayerful repentance.

Look: Thankful, Henry Ossawa Tanner - Source

Listen: Gospel Medley, Destiny’s Child - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read: Psalm 97, 99; Psalm 94; Genesis 49:29-50:14; 1 Corinthians 11:17-34; Mark 8:1-10

Pray: A prayer for honesty about my doubts and unaswered questions.

Do: Spend some time journaling in response to today’s meditation

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Look: Eucaristía, Nguyen Dinh Dang - Source

Listen: Prayer of Humble Access, Liturgical Folk - Bandcamp w/ lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read: Psalm 89; Genesis 48:8-49:28; 1 Corinthians 10:14-11:1; Mark 7:24-37

Pray & Do: The Lord's Prayer - Adapted from this source.

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Look: Prodigal Son, 1888, John M. Swan -Source

Listen: The Road Home, Stephen Paulus, Conspirare, Craig Hella Johnson - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read: Joshua 5:1, 9-12; Psalm 34:1-8; 2 Corinthians 5:17-21; Luke 15:11-32

Pray: The Collect for the Fourth Sunday in Lent

Do: On Sundays during Lent, we break our fast (at least partially) and feast on poetry!

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Look: Damn, Corita Kent - Source

Listen: Blood, Kendrick Lamar - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read: Psalm 87, 90; Psalm 136; Genesis 47:27-48; 1 Corinthians 10:1-13; Mark 7:1-23

Pray & Do: On Saturdays during Lent, we’ll spend about 15 minutes practicing a devotional exercise known as an examen.

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Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40+ days of prayerful repentance.

Look: Days of Rain: Installation, Paul Roorda - Source

Listen: Come Ye Disconsolate, Roberta Flack, feat. Donny Hathaway - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read: Psalm 95; Psalm 88; Psalm 91-92; Genesis 47:1-26; 1 Corinthians 9:16-27; Mark 6:47-56

Pray: On Fridays during Lent, we will pray the traditionally-read prayers of the daily office that draw us into Psalm 95, known in Latin as the Invitatory and the Venite.

Do: Fast from one kind of food, one meal, or one whole day of eating today. Let your hunger prompt simple dependence and prayer, noticing areas of unmet hopes and desires that need God’s healing attention.

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Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40+ days of prayerful repentance.

Look: Allegory of Justice and Peace, Palma il Giovane - Source | H/T

Listen: Psalm 85, Poor Bishop Hooper - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read: Psalm 42-43; Psalm 85-86; Genesis 46:1-7, 28-34; 1 Corinthians 9:1-15; Mark 6:30-46

Pray & Do: Read out loud as a prayer Psalm 85 and Malcolm Guite’s sonnet.

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Look: Bertha (from the 1990 series Nomads), Andrew Serrano - Source

Listen: Skuggor (Shadows), Luchs - Spotify | YouTube

Read: Psalm 119:97-120; Psalm 81-82; Genesis 45:16-28; 1 Corinthians 8:1-13; Mark 6:13-29

Pray: On Wednesdays, we'll pray the Confession and Litany of Penitence from the Ash Wednesday service in the Book of Common Prayer.

Do: On Wednesdays through Lent, consider fasting from spending money, and feast on giving alms instead.

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Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40+ days of prayerful repentance.

Look: Adoration of the Golden Calf, Alexander Ivanov - Source

Listen: Restore Us Again, Paul Zach, feat. Liz Vice - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read: Psalm 78; Genesis 45:1-15; 1 Corinthians 7:32-40; Mark 6:1-13

Pray: Prayer for honesty about my desire

Do: Spend some time journaling in response to today’s meditation.

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Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40+ days of prayerful repentance.

Look: Issue of Blood, Brian Kershisnik - Source

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Listen: Corner Girl, Abigail Washburn - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read: Psalm 80; Genesis 44:18-34; 1 Corinthians 7:25-31; Mark 5:21-43

Pray & Do: The Lord's Prayer - Adapted from this source.

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Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40+ days of prayerful repentance.

Look: Moses with the Burning Bush, Marc Chagall - Source

Listen: Comfort ye, my people, Handel’s Messiah, The Sixteen - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read: Exodus 3:1-15; Psalm 103:1-12; 1 Corinthians 10:1-13; Luke 13:1-9

Pray: Collect for the Third Sunday in Lent

Do: On Sundays during Lent, we break our fast (at least partially) and feast on poetry.

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Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40+ days of prayerful repentance.

Look: Joseph Revealing Himself to his Brothers, Gerard de Lairesse - Source

Listen: I Am Sure I Shall See the Goodness of the Lord, Taizé - Spotify | YouTube

Read: Psalm 75-76; Psalm 23, 27; Genesis 43:16-34; 1 Corinthians 7:10-24; Mark 5:1-20

Pray & Do: On Saturdays during Lent, we’ll spend about 15 minutes practicing a devotional exercise known as an examen.

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Look: Ecce Homo, Joel Briggs - Source | H/T

Listen: Wake Up, Jesus, The Porter’s Gate, feat. Liz Vice - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read: Psalm 95; Psalm 69, 73; Genesis 43:1-15; 1 Corinthians 7:1-9; Mark 4:35-41

Pray: On Fridays during Lent, we will pray the traditionally-read prayers of the daily office that draw us into Psalm 95, known in Latin as the Invitatory and the Venite.

Do: Fast from one kind of food, one meal, or one whole day of eating today. Let your hunger prompt simple dependence and prayer, noticing areas of unarticulated anger that need God’s healing attention.

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Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40+ days of prayerful repentance.

Look: Beloved, Tim Lowly - Source

Listen: Come Healing (Leonard Cohen cover), Elayna Boynton - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read: Psalm 70-71, 74; Genesis 42:29-38; 1 Corinthians 6:12-20; Mark 4:21-34

Pray& Do: Read out loud as a prayer Malcolm Guite’s sonnet in your meditation on Psalm 71.

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Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40+ days of prayerful repentance.

Look: A line of children’s clothing signifying the children who died at a residential school, one of many where the Canadian government forcibly enrolled at least 150,000 Indigenous children to assimilate them into Western ways. (Kamloops, British Columbia, June 19, 2021), Amber Bracken for The New York Times - Source

Listen: - Death Song Lament, R. Carlos Nakai - Spotify | YouTube

Read: Psalm 72; Psalm 119:73-96; Genesis 42:18-28; 1 Corinthians 5:9-6:8; Mark 4:1-20

Pray: On Wednesdays, we'll pray the Confession and Litany of Penitence from the Ash Wednesday service in the Book of Common Prayer.

Do: On Wednesdays through Lent, consider fasting from spending money, and feast on giving alms instead.

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Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40+ days of prayerful repentance.

Look: Judas Iskariot, Eilif Peterssen - Source

Listen: Forgive Them Father, Ms. Lauryn Hill - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read: Psalm 61-62; Psalm 68:1-20, 24-36; Genesis 42:1-17; 1 Corinthians 5:1-8; Mark 3:19b-35

Pray: Prayer for honesty about any feelings of anger I’m carrying with me this week.

Do: Spend some time journaling in response to today’s meditation.

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Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40+ days of prayerful repentance.

Look: Rainbow - VM, Adrie Bos - Source

Listen: Nothing to Fear, The Porter's Gate - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read: Psalm 56-58; Psalm 64-65; Genesis 41:14-57; 1 Corinthians 4:8-21; Mark 3:7-19a

Pray & Do: The Lord's Prayer - Adapted from this source.

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