CMP Review 2026-06-28

Open book showing a painting of a bearded man sitting on rocks by the sea, with a plant and lace fabric in the background and glasses to the right.

“O Lord, who for our sake didst fast forty days and forty nights: give us grace to use such abstinence that our flesh being subdued to the spirit, we may ever obey thy godly motions in righteousness, and true holiness, to thy honour and glory who livest, and reignest, with the Father and the holy Ghost, one God world without end. Amen.” (Book of Common Prayer, 1662)

With this and similar prayers, the church invites us to enter into the wilderness with Christ, to confess the sins that He bore and to deny the pleasures He forswore.

Charlotte Mason too invites us to contemplate the mystery of Christ’s extended fast. His journey into the wilderness is our journey too. What is the meaning of the wilderness journey for the perfect Son of God? And what does it mean to us in this era of the world? Charlotte Mason’s poetry shines light on these questions. Find it here.

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