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†   2 Corinthians 5:7 is the foundation of our Collect for this Epiphany Sunday, but you would not know it by simply reading it. — This is what 2 Corinthians…

†   Liberation, what thoughts, memories, and emotions are provoked in you by this word? Perhaps it stirs up memories of leaving home and heading off to college, or to an…

† It seems somewhat incongruous (and maybe even slightly improper) to sing the song, ‘O come all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant’ on the Feast of the Holy Innocents. Holy…

†  Imagine yourself in a cafe or walking on ‘The Square,’ if you can, singing the hymn we just sang together: ‘O come, all ye faithful.’ Or maybe you are…

†   It seems to me that for the whole of this Advent-tide, we have had the Blessed John the Baptist, either indirectly in the shadows impressing upon us, or directly,…

†   Today’s Collect for the 3rd Sunday in Advent makes a most thoughtful statement concerning Christ’s second advent & our acceptability before GOD. Here is that prayer: “O LORD JESUS…

†    “Mighty Word, GOD’s Spirit gave Man for heavenly life to save; Word through whose, all holy might, Man can and will do right. || Word of Life, most pure…

†    If you recall, during 2020-2023, the average life of most Americans (and most every person on the globe), saw a significant change in our daily habit. Folks did not…

† With only a cursory glance at today’s Epistle Lesson from the prophet Jeremiah, one might think salvation history is divided into distinct periods of benevolence; each different from the…

†    One could assume from today’s Collect that when the household of GOD, who is the Church, prays fervently for a virtuous outcome, the ALMIGHTY seizes upon that earnest desire…