What We Really Need
Scripture - Mark 5:21-43 “Grant that we may follow the example of Jesus’ patience.” That is what Thomas Cranmer, the author of the original Book of Common Prayer, wrote as a prayer to be used on Palm Sunday, the Sunday before Easter. It is in the prayer book I grew up with. But what does he mean by patience? Patience is love for the long haul; it is bearing up under difficult circumstances, without giving up or giving in to bitterness. Patience means working when gratificatio