17th March 2013 Lent 5

Lent 5 (Year C)

17-3-2013

Pastor Lester Priebbenow

Patrick's Breastplate

Philippians 3:8-11

I reckon everything as complete loss for the sake of what is so much more valuable, the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord.
For his sake I have thrown everything away; I consider it all as mere garbage, so that I may gain Christ and be completely united with him.
I no longer have a righteousness of my own, the kind that is gained by obeying the Law.
I now have the righteousness that is given through faith in Christ, the righteousness that comes from God and is based on faith.
All I want is to know Christ and to experience the power of his resurrection, to share in his sufferings and become like him in his death, in the hope that I myself will be raised from death to life.

Today, 17th March is St. Patrick's Day. Personally I have not given much consideration to St. Patrick's Day over the years; nor does our liturgical calendar.

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