RAWHIDE CHEWS FOR LENT

Pick one or two and stay with them for a while.

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of the great love he had for us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, brought us to life with Christ… [Ephesians 2:4-5]

Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. …Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. [Matthew 5:7,9]

I have been crucified with Christ; yet I live, no longer I, but Christ lives in me; insofar as I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God who has loved me and given himself up for me. [Galatians 2:19b-20]

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ on behalf of his body, which is the church… [Colossians 1:24]

If our God, whom we serve, can save us from the white-hot furnace and from your hands, O king, may he save us! But even if he will not, you should know, O king, that we will not serve your god or worship the golden statue which you set up. [Daniel 3:17-18]

…give alms, and everything will be clean for you. [Luke 11:41]

And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones to drink because he is a disciple—amen, I say to you, he will surely not lose his reward. [Matthew 10:42]

Father, forgive them; they know not what they do. [Luke 23:34]

Then the two [disciples] recounted what had taken place on the way [to Emmaus] and how he was made known to them in the breaking of the bread. [Luke 24:35]

You have been told what is good, and what the LORD requires of you: Only to do justice and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. [Micah 6:8]

Therefore let the whole house of Israel know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Messiah, this Jesus whom you crucified. [Acts 2:36]

I have already been poured out like a libation, and the time of my dissolution is at hand. I have fought the good fight, I have run the race, I have kept the faith. [II Timothy 4:7]

Here we have no lasting city, but we seek the one that is to come. …our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we also await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. He will change our lowly body to conform with his glorified body… [Hebrews 13:14, Philippians 3:20-21]

Neither do I condemn you. Go, and from now on sin no more. [John 8:11] -Fr. David