Second Sunday in Lent

Oratio, Visio Divina, and Crumbs from our Master's Table.

Oratio

Almighty God, who sees that we have no power of ourselves, to help ourselves: keep us both outwardly in our bodies, and inwardly in our souls, that we may be defended from all Adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault, and hurt the soul, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.¹

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Visio Divina

Visio Divina is a way of entering our prayer closet through sensible perception.

"Christ Mocked" (a.k.a. Christ Crowned with Thorns) c. 1490, Hieronymus Bosch

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Crumbs From Our Master’s Table

A Comparative Case of Condemnation

A Matter of the Heart

Much in Every Way

God Alone is True

Emphatic Repudiation

Etched in High Relief

1. The Book of Common Prayer from the Original Manuscript: Attached to the Act of Uniformity of 1662 (London; Edinburgh; Glasgow; Melbourne; Sydney; New York: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1892), 118.