{"id":11073,"date":"2023-04-10T12:51:10","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T12:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/?p=11073"},"modified":"2023-04-11T13:05:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T13:05:00","slug":"lent-2023-postresurrection-luke-24-v-13-53","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/?p=11073","title":{"rendered":"Lent 2023 &#8211; Post Resurrection &#8211; Luke 24 v 13-53"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\r\n<h3>Welcome to our Daily reflections for Lent.<\/h3>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Lent-Graphic.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-10910\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Lent-Graphic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Lent-Graphic.jpg 960w, http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Lent-Graphic-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Lent-Graphic-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Lent-Graphic-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>We have provided a number of ways of using these reflections.\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>You can listen to it in podcast style by clicking on the first audio file. (approx 18 minutes);<\/li>\r\n<li>You can listen to the reflection and the prayers with a shortened length for personal prayer (approx 6 minutes);<\/li>\r\n<li>You can read your own version of the Bible and then listen to the reflection, play the hymn in the embedded YouTube clip and then listen to the prayer section;<\/li>\r\n<li>You can choose to just read through it and ignore the audio files; or<\/li>\r\n<li>any combination of the above.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nHowever you choose to use them we hope you will find them helpful and thought provoking.\r\n<h3>Full Audio of today\u2019s reflection.<\/h3>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/blank-space-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7111\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/blank-space-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"5\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/blank-space-2.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/blank-space-2-300x3.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/blank-space-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7111\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/blank-space-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"5\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/blank-space-2.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/blank-space-2-300x3.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a> <strong>Read Luke Chapter Luke 24 v 13-53<\/strong>. In your own preferred version. The audio uses the NIV.<\/figure>\r\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Luke+24%3A13-53&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link to the Bible Gateway NIV version (Opens in a new tab)<\/a>\r\n<h3>Audio of reflection<\/h3>\r\n<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/St-Luke.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-bGlnaHRib3gtaW1hZ2UtYkdsbmFIUmliM2d0YVcxaFoyVXRZa2RzYm1GSVVtbGlNMmQwWVZjeGFGb3lWWFJaYTJSelltMUdTVlZ0YkdsTk1tUXdXVlpqZUdGR2IzbFdXRkphWVRKU2VsbHRNVWRUVmxaMFlrZHNUazF0VVhkWFZscHFaVWRHUjJJemJGZFhSa3BQVlZaUmQwOVJQVDA9\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6166\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/St-Luke-300x269.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 117px) 100vw, 117px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/St-Luke-300x269.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/St-Luke.jpg 310w\" alt=\"\" width=\"117\" height=\"105\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201c<span id=\"en-NIV-26041\" class=\"text Luke-24-49\"><span class=\"woj\">until you have been clothed with power from on high.<\/span><\/span>\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>I was delighted to attend the Circuit quiet day shortly before Lent. I commend it to you as something you might like to think about joining for any future ones. It is a time to be still and reflect ahead of the season. The seeds of some of the thoughts I have shared in this set of reflections came to me on that day as I made space to concentrate on God.<\/p>\r\n<p>As we draw our journey together to an end we take this opportunity to also be silent and reflect on the whole of the journey we have taken with Jesus.<\/p>\r\n<p>I am blessed to have had many experiences of feeling God holding or encouraging me over the years. As I prepared today&#8217;s reflection one especially vivid one came to mind. Many years ago, I attended a house group leaders quiet day. During that day, at a point where we were &#8220;scattered&#8221; to have a time of quiet on our own, I had a real experience of feeling Jesus present with me. I felt him lifting my head so that we looked eye to eye.<\/p>\r\n<p>I am not prone to these sorts of vivid experiences and it stills sends warmth up my spine when I think of it. However, despite having cajoled you over the last 40 days to speak boldly about our experiences of Jesus, it is an encounter I rarely talk about. It was both intensely personal and perhaps I fear the potential disbelief and dismissal of it by those I speak of it to. I may speak of it more now that I have spoken of it again and pondered my reluctance to speak of it.<\/p>\r\n<p>I hope, that as we have traveled through this journey together, we have all made those small spaces in our busy lives to allow Jesus to stand among us and to place his hand upon our lives and lift each of our heads so that we can truly see him. Like the disciples on the road I suspect we often travel with Jesus unawares and then suddenly recognise him by a word or gesture.<\/p>\r\n<p>As we also read, the disciples had their eyes opened so that they could understand the scriptures. May we be diligent in reading our bibles and making time to spend time in study and prayer so that we too may have the deep and wonderful Gospel truths revealed to us.<\/p>\r\n<p>I pray we will also be clothed with power from on high as we respond to that great commission to make disciples in all the world. Amen<\/p>\r\n<h3 class=\"entry-inner\">Hymn: Singing the Faith \u2013\u00a0 452 \u201cShow me the way of the cross\u201d<\/h3>\r\n<p><div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Show me the way to the cross\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bPabLwYEGUU?feature=oembed&#038;wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"entry themeform share\">\r\n<div class=\"entry-inner\">\r\n<h3>Contemplation Words<\/h3>\r\n<em><strong> \u201c<\/strong><\/em> <em><strong><span id=\"en-NIV-25313\" class=\"text Luke-9-11\"><span id=\"en-NIV-26041\" class=\"text Luke-24-49\"><span class=\"woj\">until you have been clothed with power from on high.<\/span><\/span>&#8221; <\/span><\/strong><\/em>\r\n<h3>Let us pray together.<\/h3>\r\n<h4>Contemplative Prayer<\/h4>\r\nThink of the words in order to understand context and meaning, Feel the meaning of the words with and in your heart, Pray, using the words, for yourself or others. With only a name and without explaining the reasons or pre-defining any answers. Listen for God\u2019s voice in the quiet of your prayers. Pray using your own prayers or one of those which have been prepared below.\r\n<h3>Twitter Prayer<\/h3>\r\nLord, I thank you for the journey we share together. You are always with me showing me the way as you reveal yourself to the world. Amen\r\n<h3>Full Prayer<\/h3>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/candle.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10923\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/candle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/candle.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/candle-300x173.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/candle-768x442.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\r\nLord Jesus, forgive us when we do not recognise you as the disciples on the road to Emmaus failed to do. Help us to recognise you in the beauty of your creation and in the people around us, whoever they may be.<\/div>\r\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"entry themeform share\">Wherever we are we know that you are there. We know that you journey with us as we follow your way. Lord, open our eyes, to your work of transformation in and around us. As we walk with you day by day, give us the words to share with others, that they too may come to know you.Help us to recognise and welcome the strangers in our midst.<\/div>\r\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"entry themeform share\">May we see you in your glory. As you opened the disciples minds to understand the scriptures and taught them everything, open our eyes as well to behold you in the scriptures, in the beauty of creation, and the beauty of each other.<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"entry themeform share\">\r\n<p>You invite us to travel with you; to have our lives filled with your presence. We thank you that you travel with us in our joys and our concerns.<\/p>\r\n<p>Amen.<\/p>\r\n<h3><strong>Copyright Notices<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<h3>Reflections and Prayers<\/h3>\r\nBy Chris Hancock\r\n<h3><strong>Hymns<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nHymn words where displayed are in the Public Domain. Hymn organ recordings where used are from Small Church Music. Copyright notice: Rev. Clyde McLennan, performer in this collection, has assigned his performer rights in this collection to Hymnary.org. Non-commercial use of these recordings is permitted. Other hymns are from YouTube and covered by YouTube copyright processes.\r\n<h3><strong>Bible Readings<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nBible readings are from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/versions\/New-International-Version-NIV-Bible\/\">New<\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/versions\/New-International-Version-NIV-Bible\/\"> International Version<\/a> (NIV) <\/strong>Holy Bible, New International Version\u00ae, NIV\u00ae Copyright \u00a91973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblica.com\/\">Biblica, Inc.\u00ae<\/a> Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.\r\n<h3><strong>Images<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nImages where used are from pixabay.com and free for commercial use no attribution required.\r\n<h3>Background Music<\/h3>\r\nThe background music in today\u2019s recordings is: <a href=\"http:\/\/Music by &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/relaxingtime-17430502\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;amp;utm_campaign=music&amp;amp;utm_content=124477&quot;&gt;RelaxingTime&lt;\/a&gt; from &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/pixabay.com\/\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;amp;utm_campaign=music&amp;amp;utm_content=124477&quot;&gt;Pixabay&lt;\/a&gt;\">Music from Pixabay<\/a> <strong>Relaxing Music Vol.12<\/strong> \u2013 Relaxing Time slightly edited by Chris Hancock as permitted by the Pixabay licence.\r\n<div class=\"entry-inner\"><a href=\"http:\/\/href=&quot;https:\/\/pixabay.com\/sound-effects\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;amp;utm_campaign=music&amp;amp;utm_content=17019\">Sound Effect from Pixabay<\/a> <strong>Andrew kn \u2013 At the edge of space II<\/strong> \u2013 Re-mixed and tinkered with by Chris Hancock as permitted by the Pixabay licence.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div><p id=\"pvc_stats_11073\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"11073\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/wptest\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p><div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to our Daily reflections for Lent. 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