Take time to pray and reflect
Friday Morning Lenten Healing Prayer with Rev. Sarah Kye Price
March 14, 21, 28, April 4 and 11
8:00am - 8:30am
There is so much that is hurting in our world and in our lives right now; we are in need of God’s strengthening touch. On Friday mornings during Lent, Rev. Sarah will lead a service of healing and contemplative prayer from 8:00 – 8:30 a.m. before beginning our work/school/daily routines. We will pray a short liturgy together (A Public Service for Healing, from Enriching our Worship) followed by an opportunity for individual prayers for healing & blessing/anointing to strengthen us for our faithful walk during these challenging times. The parish hall space will be open 15 minutes before the service for quiet, contemplative prayer; please enter the parish hall with that spirit in mind! Rev. Sarah will remain at St. Mark’s until 9 a.m. for those who wish to remain for prayer. Dates for Lenten healing prayer at St. Mark’s: March 14, 21, 28, April 4 and 11. While the St. Mark’s service will be in person, the St. Phoebe School will be praying the same liturgy of Healing Prayer via Zoom at the same time (8:00 a.m.) on Fridays during Lent. Please use the St. Phoebe School Morning Prayer link if you would like to join a fully online Zoom gathering for Healing Prayer on Fridays during Lent.
Note: St. Phoebe School’s Morning Prayer via Zoom is also regularly available Monday – Friday at 8:00 a.m. and all are welcome to join at any time
Lenten Reflections on the Stations of the Cross
Emailed to your inbox Wednesdays and Saturdays, March 8-29
Way of the Cross (Stations of the Cross)
A devotion to the Passion of Christ which recalls a series of events at the end of Jesus' life from his condemnation to his burial. The Way of the Cross imitates the practice of visiting the places of Jesus' Passion in the Holy Land by early Christian pilgrims. The first stations outside Palestine were built in Bologna in the fifth century. This devotion was encouraged by the Franciscans, and it became common in the fifteenth century. The number of stations for prayer and meditation in the Way of the Cross has varied, but it typically includes fourteen stations. Each station may have a cross and an artistic representation of the scene. The stations may be erected inside a church or outdoors. The Book of Occasional Services (BOS) includes the following stations in the Way of the Cross: 1) Jesus is condemned to death; 2) Jesus takes up his cross; 3) Jesus falls the first time; 4) Jesus meets his afflicted mother; 5) the cross is laid on Simon of Cyrene; 6) a woman wipes the face of Jesus; 7) Jesus falls a second time; 8) Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem; 9) Jesus falls a third time; 10) Jesus is stripped of his garments; 11) Jesus is nailed to the cross; 12) Jesus dies on the cross; 13) the body of Jesus is placed in the arms of his mother; 14) Jesus is laid in the tomb. The Way of the Cross is a popular devotion that is often done during Lent. (Episcopal Church Glossary)
