LENT STUDY GUIDE
LENT STUDY GUIDE ONLINE RESOUCES
This is our digital Lent resource space, giving you additional resources to accompany our 2023 Lent Study Guide, The Kingdom of God is Justice and Peace. You can purchase your copy for £2 on our webshop or by calling 01227 531262.
EMBRACE LENT STUDY GUIDE 2023
In a world crippled by injustice - both here and in the Middle East - journey with us as we explore Jesus' message of justice and peace as proclaimed in the gospels.
INTRODUCTION
Below you will find a selection videos, music and further reading to supplement the material in the Embrace Lent Study Guide, The Kingdom of God is Justice and Peace.
Taizé chant - ‘The Kingdom of God is Justice and Peace’.
WEEK 1: TREASURES IN HEAVEN
Royal School of Music rendition of the hymn ‘The Kingdom of God is Justice and Joy’.
The London Fox Taizé choir sing the Taizé chant, ‘In the Lord I’ll be Ever Thankful’.
WEEK 2: TEMPTATION SUNDAY
Taizé chant - ‘Confitemini Domino’.
The Mount of Temptation
Find out more about the Mount of Temptation, near the West Bank city of Jericho, which is said to be where Christ was tempted by the devil.
The Temptation of Christ
Take a look at some of the depictions of the Temptation of Christ in notable artworks and in beautiful Eastern Orthodox icons.
WEEK 3: THE PRODIGAL SON
The London Fox Taizé choir sing the Taizé chant, ‘Wait for the Lord’.
The Return of the Prodigal Son
Find out more about Rembrandt’s famous masterpiece.
A reflection on the parable of the Prodigal Son
In an article in the Church Times, Canon Dr Angus Ritchie shares his thoughts on the parable.
WEEK 4: THE SAMARITAN WOMAN
The London Fox Taizé choir sing the Taizé chant, ‘Come, Drink of Living Water’.
‘Christ and the Samaritan Woman’ by Vincenzo Catena
Take a look at the sixteenth-century masterpiece.
Choral arrangement of John Foley's classic hymn, 'Come to the Water'. Arranged by Jack Schrader and sung by the choir choir of St. Francis De Sales Church in Ajax, Ontario, Canada.
WEEK 5: THE PARALYSED MAN
‘Love The Lord’, sung by the University of Notre Dame Folk Choir.
A reflection on the Healing of the Paralyzed Man
Whitney Hopler shares her thoughts on the miracle.
The London Fox Taizé choir sing the Taizé chant, ‘Bless the Lord My Soul’.
WEEK 6: THE MAN WHO WAS BORN BLIND
Taizé chant - ‘See, I am Here’.
‘The Healing of the Man Born Blind’ by Duccio
Find out more about the famous Maestà altar piece by the great Italian artist Duccio di Buoninsegna.
‘Be Still and Know that I am God’, sung by the University of Notre Dame Folk Choir.
WEEK 7: PALM SUNDAY
Last year’s Palm Sunday Procession in Jerusalem.
A Palm Sunday Reflection
By Revd Dr Cally Hammond is the Dean of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
“Rockets, bullets, and checkpoints are not the final chapter”
Embrace’s Rev Su McClellan reflects on the situation in the Holy Land and on the work of Embrace’s partners there.
DAYS TO LAMENT STUDY GUIDE
Resources to our 2022 Lent Study Guide, ‘Days to Lament’, can be found here: