It Is Well with My Soul: The Sacred Roots Annual 2022-2023

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Again, Holy Week is Lent’s final week. As a season, Lent starts on Ash Wednesday and ends Saturday of Holy Week, with the vigil on Holy Saturday . As a time of soul-searching and preparation in the ancient Church, so today we ought to let this week be our own personal journey to the Cross, spending time reflecting on the lowliness and humiliation of our Lord. Here we clearly see the meaning of our baptism in Christ – being united with him in his suffering, death, burial, and resurrection from the dead. During Holy Week we invite you to join with us and the millions of disciples of Jesus worldwide who will remember and seek to be transformed by a fresh experience of the meaning of Jesus’ suffering and death on the Cross. For those who believe, he is the slain Lamb of God who takes the world’s sin away (John 1.29), our glorious Conqueror who leads us in his triumph (2 Cor. 2.14), and the scorned Messiah who bore the curse for us on the Tree (Gal. 3.13). We seek to die daily with him in order that his life might be manifested in us (2 Cor. 4.10-11). He is Lord of all. Come with us, and kneel at the Cross of him who alone can transform the lives of the millions languishing in oppression and poverty in the inner cities of America. He bids you to come. WhenWe Survey theWondrous Cross: Pondering the Passion of Jesus Christ

A fellow traveler on the way, Rev. Dr. Don L. Davis

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