Imagining the Lectionary: Wild and unrelenting - see the true picture (Lent 1B)
contributor: David Perry
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Imagining the Lectionary: Wild and unrelenting - see the true picture (Lent 1B)
Reflection accompanying images
“Wild and unrelenting see the true picture 1”,
“Wild and unrelenting see the true picture 2”, and
“Wild and unrelenting see the true picture 3”
An experience both wild and unrelenting: this is not your typical 'giving up chocolate' appreciation of Lent, but it is the uncomfortable and inconvenient gospel truth out of which our largely neutered and neutralised present day observance has arisen. As surely as night follows day the cherishing embrace of divine grace becomes the point of departure for a unrelenting personal journey deep into the wild topography of the soul and psyche. The Spirit which empowers and affirms Jesus compels and forces him into an experience
which is authentically wild and unrelenting.
The sparse prose of St.Mark distils the spiritual dynamics into a crystal clear clarity of meaning which is meant to be taken neat and undiluted.
Continues...
Reflection accompanying images
“Wild and unrelenting see the true picture 1”,
“Wild and unrelenting see the true picture 2”, and
“Wild and unrelenting see the true picture 3”
An experience both wild and unrelenting: this is not your typical 'giving up chocolate' appreciation of Lent, but it is the uncomfortable and inconvenient gospel truth out of which our largely neutered and neutralised present day observance has arisen. As surely as night follows day the cherishing embrace of divine grace becomes the point of departure for a unrelenting personal journey deep into the wild topography of the soul and psyche. The Spirit which empowers and affirms Jesus compels and forces him into an experience
which is authentically wild and unrelenting.
The sparse prose of St.Mark distils the spiritual dynamics into a crystal clear clarity of meaning which is meant to be taken neat and undiluted.
Continues...
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