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A 40 Day Invitation for Lent
Submitted by Trevor Hudson on Wed, 2008-02-06 09:14
This Lent we invite you to begin and end each day with a recitation of Jesus' Great Commandment:
"Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength."
The second is this: "Love your neighbour as yourself". There is no greater Commandment greater than these."
Jesus here amends the Shema of Judaism (Deut 6:4-9) by adding Leviticus 19:18 thus revealing that real discipleship is all about learning to love God and others.
Will you commit yourself to repeating these words twice each day, for the duration of Lent. And whenever it comes to mind throughout the day, recite it again.
In your evening recitation of one Great Commandment, give some moments for reflection to confess any sins against the Great Commandment throughout the day.
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