{"id":16480,"date":"2021-03-13T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-13T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/urc\/urc-daily-devotion13th-march-2021"},"modified":"2021-03-13T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T06:00:00","slug":"urc-daily-devotion-13th-march-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/urc-daily-devotion-13th-march-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"URC Daily Devotion\u00a013th March 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saturday 13th March<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

St Mark 13: 24 – 27<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

But in those days, after that suffering,<\/span><\/p>\n

the sun will be darkened,<\/span>
    and the moon will not give its light,<\/span>
and the stars will be falling from heaven,<\/span>
    and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.<\/span><\/p>\n

Then they will see \u201cthe Son of Man coming in clouds\u201d with great power and glory.  Then he will send out the angels, and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.<\/span><\/p>\n

Reflection<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The passage calls to mind, that there has been, and to some extent continues to be a period of \u2018suffering\u2019. I am referring to the consequences of the Pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n

Suffering has taken many forms and the ones that have particularly touched me are:<\/span>
 \n<\/p>\n