{"id":3759,"date":"2015-02-18T06:00:28","date_gmt":"2015-02-18T11:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodshepherdny.org\/?p=3759"},"modified":"2015-03-13T11:07:51","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T15:07:51","slug":"today-is-ash-wednesday-the-first-day-of-lent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodshepherdny.org\/?p=3759","title":{"rendered":"Today is Ash Wednesday: The First Day of Lent"},"content":{"rendered":"

Services & Events Scheduled at Good Shepherd Today<\/strong>
\nSaid Eucharist with Ashes at 8AM, 12PM, 6PM
\nMorning Prayer at 8:30AM
\nAA Groups 6:45PM<\/p>\n

Collect of the Day<\/strong>
\nAlmighty and everlasting God, you hate nothing you have made and forgive the sins of all who are penitent: Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we, worthily lamenting our sins and acknowledging our wretchedness, may obtain of you, the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.<\/p>\n

Year 1 Office Readings (RSV)<\/strong>
\nA Reading from the Book of Jonah (JONAH 3:1-4:11)
\nThe word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time, saying, \u201cArise, go to Nin’eveh, that great city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you.\u201d So Jonah arose and went to Nin’eveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nin’eveh was an exceedingly great city, three days\u2019 journey in breadth. Jonah began to go into the city, going a day\u2019s journey. And he cried, \u201cYet forty days, and Nin’eveh shall be overthrown!\u201d And the people of Nin’eveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them. Then tidings reached the king of Nin’eveh, and he arose from his throne, removed his robe, and covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. And he made proclamation and published through Nin’eveh, \u201cBy the decree of the king and his nobles: Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, or drink water, but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them cry mightily to God; yea, let every one turn from his evil way and from the violence which is in his hands. Who knows, God may yet repent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we perish not?\u201d When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God repented of the evil which he had said he would do to them; and he did not do it. But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. And he prayed to the LORD and said, \u201cI pray thee, LORD, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and repentest of evil. Therefore now, O LORD, take my life from me, I beseech thee, for it is better for me to die than to live.\u201d And the LORD said, \u201cDo you do well to be angry?\u201d Then Jonah went out of the city and sat to the east of the city, and made a booth for himself there. He sat under it in the shade, till he should see what would become of the city. And the LORD God appointed a plant, and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to save him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the plant. But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm which attacked the plant, so that it withered. When the sun rose, God appointed a sultry east wind, and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah so that he was faint; and he asked that he might die, and said, \u201cIt is better for me to die than to live.\u201d But God said to Jonah, \u201cDo you do well to be angry for the plant?\u201d And he said, \u201cI do well to be angry, angry enough to die.\u201d And the LORD said, \u201cYou pity the plant, for which you did not labor, nor did you make it grow, which came into being in a night, and perished in a night. And should not I pity Nin’eveh, that great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also much cattle?\u201d<\/p>\n

A Reading from the Letter to the Hebrews (HEBREWS 12:1-14)
\nSince we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And have you forgotten the exhortation which addresses you as sons? \u2013\u201cMy son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor lose courage when you are punished by him. For the Lord disciplines him whom he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives.\u201d It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline? If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. Besides this, we have had earthly fathers to discipline us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live? For they disciplined us for a short time at their pleasure, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness. For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant; later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed. Strive for peace with all men, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.<\/p>\n

A Reading from the Gospel according to Luke (LUKE 18:9-14)
\nJesus told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others: \u201cTwo men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, \u2018God, I thank thee that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week, I give tithes of all that I get.\u2019 But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, \u2018God, be merciful to me a sinner!\u2019 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for every one who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lent, Holy Week & Easter Service Schedule at Good Shepherd<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Sundays in Lent<\/strong><\/span>
\n 5:00 PM Stations of the Cross (5PM Saturday)<\/span>
\n 7:40 AM Morning Prayer<\/span>
\n 8:00 AM Said Holy Eucharist<\/span>
\n 10:00 AM Sung Holy Eucharist<\/span><\/p>\n

Tuesdays through Fridays\u00a0in Lent<\/strong><\/span>
\n 8:30 AM Morning Prayer (unless otherwise announced)<\/span><\/p>\n

February\u00a024, Tuesday,\u00a0St. Mathias’ Day<\/strong><\/span>
\n 6:00 PM Said\u00a0Holy Eucharist<\/span><\/p>\n

March 19, Tuesday,\u00a0St. Joseph’s\u00a0Day<\/strong><\/span>
\n 6:00 PM Said\u00a0Holy Eucharist<\/span><\/p>\n

March 24, Tuesday, Eve of the Annunciation<\/strong><\/span>
\n 6:00 PM Sung Holy Eucharist<\/span>
\n 7:00 PM BREAK THE FAST with Stews & Chowders<\/span><\/p>\n

March 29, Palm\/Passion Sunday<\/strong><\/span>
\n 5:00 PM Stations of the Cross (Saturday, March 28)<\/span>
\n 7:40 AM Morning Prayer<\/span>
\n 8:00 AM Palms & Said Holy Eucharist<\/span>
\n 10:00 AM Palms, Procession & Sung Holy Eucharist<\/span><\/p>\n

April 2, Maundy Thursday<\/strong><\/span>
\n 6:00 PM Agape Dinner: Mediterranean Potluck<\/span>
\n 7:30 PM Celebration of the Lord\u2019s Supper<\/span><\/p>\n

April 3, Good Friday<\/strong><\/span>
\n 12:00 PM Said Celebration of the Lord\u2019s Passion<\/span>
\n 6:00 PM Soup & Bread Potluck Dinner<\/span>
\n 7:30 PM Sung Celebration of the Lord\u2019s Passion<\/span><\/p>\n

April 4, Saturday, Easter Eve<\/strong><\/span>
\n 6:00 PM Pizzafest<\/span>
\n 7:30 PM The Great Vigil of Easter<\/span><\/p>\n

April 5, Easter Sunday<\/strong><\/span>
\n 7:40 AM Morning Prayer<\/span>
\n 8:00 AM Said Holy Eucharist<\/span>
\n 10:00 AM Sung Holy Eucharist<\/span>
\n 11:00 AM Easter Egg Hunt & Festive Coffee Hour<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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