The English word believe, which we use in our baptismal promises, has come to mean “I think” or “This is my opinion.” Once it meant to belove, to set one’s heart committedly. Make a Lenten resolution for the week, then take time together to finish in your own ways the three belove statements below.
LEADER: We set our hearts on God, Father and Source, who creates the heavens and the earth, who—(Add.)
LEADER: We set our hearts on Jesus, God’s Son, who pours out his life in love for us and shows us all we can become, who—
LEADER: We set our hearts on the Spirit of God, from whom we have the breath of life and the urge toward communion, who—
ALL: Deliver us from success. Make us companions on our way together. Amen.