{"id":1854,"date":"2011-03-09T13:36:46","date_gmt":"2011-03-09T20:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tgdarkly.com\/blog\/?p=1854"},"modified":"2011-03-09T13:36:46","modified_gmt":"2011-03-09T20:36:46","slug":"daybook-march-9-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidopderbeck.com\/tgdarkly\/2011\/03\/09\/daybook-march-9-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Daybook: March 9, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

March 9, 2011
\nAsh Wednesday<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lectionary<\/em><\/p>\n

Psalm 32<\/p>\n

Blessed is the one
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0whose transgressions are forgiven,
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0whose sins are covered.
\nBlessed is the one
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0whose sin the LORD does not count against them
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and in whose spirit is no deceit.<\/p>\n

When I kept silent,
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0my bones wasted away
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0through my groaning all day long.
\nFor day and night
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0your hand was heavy on me;
\nmy strength was sapped
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0as in the heat of summer.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Then I acknowledged my sin to you
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and did not cover up my iniquity.
\nI said, \u201cI will confess
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0my transgressions to the LORD.\u201d
\nAnd you forgave
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the guilt of my sin.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Therefore let all the faithful pray to you
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0while you may be found;
\nsurely the rising of the mighty waters
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0will not reach them.
\nYou are my hiding place;
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0you will protect me from trouble
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and surround me with songs of deliverance.<\/p>\n

\u00a0I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.
\nDo not be like the horse or the mule,
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0which have no understanding
\nbut must be controlled by bit and bridle
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0or they will not come to you.
\nMany are the woes of the wicked,
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0but the LORD\u2019s unfailing love
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0surrounds the one who trusts in him.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Rejoice in the LORD and be glad, you righteous;
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0sing, all you who are upright in heart!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Reflection<\/em><\/p>\n

“Sin is first of all unfaithfulness to the ‘Other,’ a betrayal.\u00a0 For a long time now, sin has become reduced to morals.\u00a0 And nothing leads away from God, from thirst for God, as precisely as these morals.\u00a0 All morals consist first of all of bans and taboos….\u00a0 A saint is thirsty not for ‘decency,’ not for cleanliness, and not for absence of sin, but for unity with God.\u00a0 he does not live interested in himself (the introspection of a clean fellow), but in God.” — Fr. Alexander Schmemann<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Prayer<\/em><\/p>\n

God who waits
\nwhile we rush off
\nto spend the riches you’ve given us
\non unworthy pursuits
\nthat always end with us slopping with the pigs
\nin the mud.<\/p>\n

God who waits
\neach morning outside the gates
\nstraining into the distance
\nto see if we’ve finally begun,
\nonce again,
\nthe long and tired slog back home,
\ninto your happy embrace,
\ninto feasting and laughter and dance.<\/p>\n

God who waits
\nhere we are
\nnow waiting with you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

March 9, 2011 Ash Wednesday Lectionary Psalm 32 Blessed is the one \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0whose transgressions are forgiven, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0whose sins are covered. Blessed is the one \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0whose sin the LORD does not count against them \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and in whose spirit is no deceit. When I kept silent, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0my bones wasted away \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0through my groaning all day long. For […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daybook"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p824rZ-tU","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidopderbeck.com\/tgdarkly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidopderbeck.com\/tgdarkly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidopderbeck.com\/tgdarkly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidopderbeck.com\/tgdarkly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidopderbeck.com\/tgdarkly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/davidopderbeck.com\/tgdarkly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1854\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidopderbeck.com\/tgdarkly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidopderbeck.com\/tgdarkly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidopderbeck.com\/tgdarkly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}