The Lent Journal 10

9 days into the Lent (even though it's the 10th post) . Another 32 to go. The Lent are 40 days. But Ash Wednesday and Sundays don´t count. On Sundays because during the service in all services we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. \O/ This is one the things I love about being part of a church with a fixed Liturgy: liturgical calendar. You spend a whole year remembering and living the important events and doctrines of the Bible. 

The liturgical calendar also reflects the ups and downs of our human life in Earth. For instance, Advent and the Christmas season (with includes the Sundays after the Christmas eve, called Epiphany) are a time of celebration, while Lent is the time of penitence: as we look to our sin, we recognize the necessity of a Savior. The liturgical calendar also reflects our relationship with God: we stumble a lot; we can´t live a day without messing it up. It is a life of a continuous "I love you" and "I am sorry". 

By the way, this last paragraph was based on the second sermon of the Lent season, so the credits go to our most reverend doctor Abuna. =P 

The text today is Luke 6: 12 - 16 (The Message) and is about the election of the 12 apostles. 

At about that same time he climbed a mountain to pray. He was there all night in prayer before God. The next day he summoned his disciples; from them he selected twelve he designated as apostles:

Simon, whom he named Peter,
Andrew, his brother,
James,
John,
Philip,
Bartholomew,
Matthew,
Thomas,
James, son of Alphaeus,
Simon, called the Zealot,
Judas, son of James,
Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.