# 21 LENTEN MEDITATION ~ 2023 ~ for the Preparation of the GREAT PASSOVER ~~~ The Morning Sacrifice in the Temple ~ FATHER, Forgive Them for they know not what they do . . .

 "FATHER, FORGIVE THEM . . ."  . . .  and HE Did.

# 20 LENTEN MEDITATION ~ 2023 ~ for the Preparation of the GREAT PASSOVER ~~~ The Morning Sacrifice in the Temple ~ Drawing All to HIMSELF+

 

 

 

And Who+ ,

at that 3rd Hour of the Ancient Day,

bore the wood of the Cross through Jerusalem to Golgotha and was nailed .  .  .

# 19 LENTEN MEDITATION ~ 2023 ~ for the Preparation of the GREAT PASSOVER ~~~ The Morning Sacrifice in the Temple ~ The MYRRH , the BITTER HERB

 

 

 

 

Myrrh, that bitter herb, was present in His+ Life three times .

# 18 LENTEN MEDITATION ~ 2023 ~ for the Preparation of the GREAT PASSOVER ~~~ The Morning Sacrifice in the Temple ~ Refusing the Myrrh and Wine

We remember His+ refusal of the mixture of the myrrh and wine .. .. ..

# 17 LENTEN MEDITATION ~ 2023 ~ for the Preparation of the GREAT PASSOVER ~~~ The Morning Sacrifice in the Temple ~ The Valley of Humiliation

HOLY FATHER, thank YOU for Your Beloved SON+ Whose+ most noble Head bore the Crown of Thorns  and which same sacred Head was struck with a reed, His+ Face with hands and fists.

# 16 LENTEN MEDITATION ~ 2023 ~ for the Preparation of the GREAT PASSOVER ~~~ The Morning Sacrifice in the Temple ~ The DEBT We Owe

 

Recalling that HE+ hid not His+ Face from shame and spitting, we thank YOU that by HIS+ Wounds we are healed.  We remember the chastisement of our peace was upon HIM+.

# 15 LENTEN MEDITATION ~ 2023 ~ for the Preparation of the GREAT PASSOVER ~~~ The Morning Sacrifice in the Temple ~ The UNJUST SCOURGING

We remember the scourging HE+ unjustly received from Pilate’s hand . . . after being mocked, slapped, and beaten by the Temple guard . . . and then Herod’s men . . . and then by the Roman soldiers, giving His+ back to the smiters  and His+ cheeks to them that plucked out the hair.

 

# 14 LENTEN MEDITATION ~ 2023 ~ for the Preparation of the GREAT PASSOVER ~~~ The Morning Sacrifice in the Temple ~ For HIS+ Great Silence

  The DEAFENING SILENCE 

 Heavenly FATHER, we thank YOU for the times HE+ gave no answer at all to His+ accusers, as a Lamb led to the slaughter and as a sheep before his shearers is silent.

# 13 LENTEN MEDITATION ~ 2023 ~ for the Preparation of the GREAT PASSOVER ~~~ The Morning Sacrifice in the Temple ~ For HIS+ Great Humiliation

 

# 12 LENTEN MEDITATION ~ 2023 ~ for the Preparation of the GREAT PASSOVER ~~~ The Morning Sacrifice in the Temple ~ Those 12 Legions of ANGELS Which Were NOT Called

HE+ DID NOT USE HIS+  GREAT POWER FOR HIMSELF + 

 

 This series of Lenten / Passover Meditations will reflect the 3^rd Hour Prayer ( 9 a.m. ) Station observed by the Early Christians.  Today, many liturgical churches continue to observe these ancient prayer hours.  They were based upon the prayer hours in the Temple in Jerusalem.

The Morning Prayer came at the time of the Morning Sacrifice in the Temple, the very time that The LORD JESUS was nailed to the Cross.  

3rd HOUR MORNING PRAYER

# 11 LENTEN MEDITATION ~ 2023 ~ for the Preparation of the GREAT PASSOVER ~~~ The Morning Sacrifice in the Temple ~ Judas Stood with His+ Enemies

THEY FELL TO THE GROUND !

# 10 LENTEN MEDITATION ~ 2023 ~ for the Preparation of the GREAT PASSOVER ~~~ The Morning Sacrifice in the Temple ~ Sweating Great Drops of BLOOD during the Agony

  

GREAT DROPS OF BLOOD

FELL TO THE GROUND !

 

 

 

# 9 LENTEN MEDITATION ~ 2023 ~ for the Preparation of the GREAT PASSOVER ~~~ The Morning Sacrifice in the Temple ~ The Pounding of the Nails at 9 a.m.

 

 This series of Lenten / Passover Meditations will reflect the 3^rd Hour Prayer ( 9 a.m. ) Station observed by the Early Christians. 

Today, many liturgical churches continue to observe these ancient prayer hours.  They were based upon the prayer hours in the Temple in Jerusalem.

The Morning Prayer came at the time of the Morning Sacrifice in the Temple, the very time that The LORD JESUS was nailed to the Cross.  Here is the first stanza.

 3RD HOUR MORNING PRAYER

Heavenly FATHER, we come before YOU at this 3^rd hour of the ancient day, the hour of the Morning Sacrifice in the Temple . . . that same hour that Your Beloved SON+, the LAMB+ of GOD that taketh away the sin of the world, was offered up on the Cross for our sakes.

# 8~ LENTEN MEDITATION ~ 2023 ~ for the Preparation of the GREAT PASSOVER ~~~ As Much As Lieth in You

 Words of The LORD JESUS CHRIST:

Blessed are the peacemakers:

for they shall be called the children of GOD. 

^{Matthew 5:9}

#7 LENTEN MEDITATION ~ 2023 ~ for the Preparation of the GREAT PASSOVER ~~~ LESSONS about SELF-PITY from JOB

 

Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous:

Nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. ^{Hebrews 12:11}