14 March 2017

Praying in Lent 2017 with USPG,
(17) Tuesday 14 March 2017

A make-shift altar at Saint James’ Anglican Hospital in Lesotho … ‘Pray that we might understand more deeply the communal nature of discipleship: that no-one can be a disciple in isolation – we are all members of churches or communities’ (Photograph: USPG)

Patrick Comerford

The Lent 2017 edition of the prayer diary of the Anglican mission agency USPG (United Society Partners in the Gospel) follows the theme of the USPG Lent study course, ‘Living an Authentic Life.’

I am using this Prayer Diary for my prayers and reflections each morning throughout Lent. Why not join me in these prayers and reflections, for just a few moments each morning?

In the articles and prayers in the prayer diary, USPG invites us to investigate what it means to be a disciple of Christ. The Lent study course, ‘Living an Authentic Life’ (available online or to order at www.uspg.org.uk/lent), explores the idea that discipleship and authenticity are connected.

This week, from Sunday (12 March) until Saturday (18 March), the USPG Lent Prayer Diary follows the topic ‘How shall we live.’ The topic was introduced on Sunday in an article in the Prayer Diary by Maropeng Moholoa, of the Anglican Church in Southern Africa, who oversees a USPG-supported community development programme in Lesotho.

Tuesday 14 March 2017:

Pray that we might understand more deeply the communal nature of discipleship: that no-one can be a disciple in isolation – we are all members of churches or communities.

Continued tomorrow

Yesterday’s reflection and prayer

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