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Easter Even
† The foreword of the Easter Even service, as set out in our bulletin tonight, reads, ‘The office is exceedingly ancient, extending back to the earliest days of the Church.’…
Read MoreMaundy Thursday
† In our Epistle Lesson for today’s Eucharistic Feast, St. Paul recapitulates or ‘goes over the main points again’, the purposes of JESUS’ institution of the blessed Holy Eucharist. He…
Read MorePalm Sunday
† On the first Palm Sunday, even though it would appear that the people of Jerusalem overwhelming sided with JESUS being their Messiah and King, by Friday of this week,…
Read MoreFifth Sunday in Lent
† On the Jewish calendar, the 14th day of Abib is one of most important days. It is the day and month that the Jewish people remember and give thanks…
Read MoreFourth (Mothering) Sunday in Lent
† Mothering Sunday claims its name from a medieval tradition that is believed to have started around 1200 A.D. The tradition was for members of the faithful to visit their…
Read MoreThird Sunday in Lent
† Lent, believe it or not, is halfway complete. How has your Lent been going? How are you doing in your inner man/woman? – Has your journey to this point,…
Read MoreSecond Sunday in Lent
† The Old Testament lesson opened today by saying that ‘GOD has no grandchildren.’ – Well, those were not the exact words used in the text written by the prophet…
Read MoreFirst Sunday in Lent
† The words we hear from the priest during the Ash Wednesday service are intended to cause us to recapitulate, or remember, with humility and grievousness, our mortality and corruptibleness.…
Read MoreQuinquagesima Sunday
† I was recently asked if the Bible tells us when JESUS knew He was going to suffer and die on the Cross. My answer…? Not exactly. – What we…
Read MoreSexagesima Sunday
† “We are once more with JESUS and his disciples by the lake of Galilee. We love to think that it was in the early morning, when the light laid…
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