Good Morning, God
Lord, January is a month of new beginnings for many of us. We usually run our personal lives on a "calendar year". Our businesses probably are on a calendar "fiscal year". Even for the "business end" of our churches, we most often operate on a secular calendar year.
However, Lord, churches also have another calendar called "The Liturgical Calendar". On this calendar are placed all of the days we remember and celebrate in the life of Jesus Christ. Our most recent celebrations have been for the coming of Jesus; Christmas when we celebrate Jesus' birth; Epiphany, when the "Wisemen from the East" revealed who Jesus was as King, Priest and Sacrifice with their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh; and last Sunday when we celebrated your Son's baptism, Lord.
Now, in the short weeks ahead we will remember Jesus beginning and carrying out his ministry among us, until we once again celebrate Jesus' crucifixion, resurrection and return to you in his ascension. Lord, we live under two calendars: the secular and the sacred. May we use both to their fullest.
In Jesus name, Amen
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