50 DAY COUNTDOWN TO JUBILEE
DAILY MEDITATION
Collect for Our Jubilee Year
Lord God of all creation, fill us with your grace as we remember your kindness and goodness towards us, through providence and through struggle; and let the trumpets proclaim the year of Jubilee, a year of the Lord’s favor, as we dedicate ourselves to reorient our mission efforts to renew your Gospel in our midst. May your Spirit inspire us, we pray in the name of your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
October 20: Expect
FOR TODAY
Reflecting on the beautiful image, Jump for Joy¹, we get a clear demonstration of the connection between expectation and joy. Whether or not one has ever been a parent, when we engage in a posture of expectation there can be an undeniable joy attached to it. Expectation plants seeds of hope. In fact, one might say the opposite of expectation is dread and both can be a vulnerable emotional experience.
FOR FURTHER REFLECTION
Even though we have expected and looked forward to many things in 2020 that have not happened or have changed, what are we willing to expect in these next 50 days that will spark joy and plant seeds of hope in our hearts?
EXPECT
This first week focuses on the word expect. It is an Advent word. It is a word that reminds us that God is always at work in the world and in our lives. At times, God is working so deeply in the soil of our life, that we are not yet aware of its bloom. So, we wait. We expect.
Episcopal Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast | www.diocgc.org/jubilee-celebration