You're invited to a final Holy Week conversation Wednesday afternoon + Why Have You Forsaken Me?

Look:  Christ as the Man of Sorrows, Albrecht Durer- Source 

Listen*:  My God, My God (Psalm 22), Brian Moss -  Spotify | YouTube 

Read**:  Psalm 55; Lamentations 2:1-9; 2 Corinthians 1:23-2:11; Mark 12:1-11 

Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for Wednesday in Holy Week

Lord God, whose blessed Son our Savior gave his body to be whipped and his face to be spit upon: Give us grace to accept joyfully the sufferings of the present time, confident of the glory that shall be revealed; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Do:   Read Why Have You Forsaken Me?  by Eva Chou (2019).

For a variety of reasons, I'm shifting the typical direction of our Retrieve Lament series this year. I'll be sharing a combination of new posts and posts from the archives with some opportunities for live conversation and prayer in the mix. Don't miss the details below to join Brian and me and a few others in a conversation about lament this afternoon.

Jesus gave us a litany of last words as a Sufferer; we refer to them as the Seven Last Words of Christ. The deathbed words of the Suffering Servant provide a framework for the stories of lament I'll be sharing here this Holy Week. 

Would you read the stories with me, and listen with an open, prayerful heart?

* Listen to my entire playlist on Spotify - Lent: Holy Week. Add it to your account by clicking ‘Save to My Library.’

** Sunday Scripture readings are taken from the Revised Common Lectionary (Year A). Daily Scripture readings are taken from the Book of Common Prayer (Year 2).