Lenten Meditation: April 5 2026
“May we have the faith and the joy to know on this day, that love has power even over death,” The Very Reverend Winnie Varghese, Dean
“May we have the faith and the joy to know on this day, that love has power even over death,” The Very Reverend Winnie Varghese, Dean
Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth. (Matthew 27:59)
Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice (John 18:37)
Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. (John 13:34-35)
While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of light. (John 12: 36)
Tell the daughter of Zion,Look, your king is coming to you,humble and mounted on a donkey,and on a colt, the foal of a donkey. (Matthew 21:5)
I am the resurrection and the life. (John 11:25)
“One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.” (John 9:25)
Those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. (John 4:13)
“The wind blows where it chooses… so it is with everyone born of the Spirit.” (John 3:8)
Then the devil left him. (Matthew 4:11)
Store up for yourselves treasures in heaven. (Matthew 6:20)
"And the Word became flesh" - John 1:14 (NRSVue)
“Do not be afraid, for see, I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people.” - Luke 2:10 (NRSVue)
“Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to divorce her quietly.” - Matthew 1:19 (NRSVue)
“Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the deaf hear, and the poor have good news brought to them.” - Matthew 11...
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Without the proper burial of Jesus’ body after death, we have no Gospel as we know it.
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
We are surrounded by the manifestations of Jesus’s commandment to love one another as He has loved us. There is abundant goodness in the world and multiple ways to se...