thursday of the first week in lent

​Date: Thursday, February 22
Contributor: Ann Jones
Lectionary Link https://www.lectionarypage.net/WeekdaysOfLent/ThursFirstWeek.html
 
I had the good fortune to view a recent screening of the documentary ‘A Case for Love’.  The film was inspired by the teachings of Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and addressed the idea of unselfish love and kindness as a way to heal divisions in our world today.  I left the theater feeling moved by the stories represented, of people who lived out the idea of unselfish love by exhibiting amazing acts of kindness. Kindness is easy to practice and yet can have a significant impact on another person.  I think the more a person experiences kindness from someone, the more likely they are to be kind to another.  Wouldn’t that go a long way in healing divisions among us? At least it’s a place to start.
 
A Prayer for Social Justice (From the Book of Common Prayer)
Grant , O God, that your holy and life-giving Spirit may so move every human heart (and especially the hearts of the people of this land), that barriers which divide us may crumble, suspicions disappear, and hatreds  cease; that our divisions being healed, we may live in justice and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen