For many of this congregation’s members and friends, the words of a major portion of today’s Psalm, the 95th, may sound more familiar than those of any other Psalm. The words of today’s Psalm have continued being heard ringing out from this holy hill on most Monday mornings since last year. They echo among us during Holy Week, at each Resurrection Dawn service, and on this nation’s National Day of Thanksgiving. Today’s Psalm may also be chanted on a few Wednesday mornings when a pastor is not present among us to celebrate the Lord’s Supper. …For more, click on the title above.
Category: Worship
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Septuagesima
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No one but Jesus
Listen to Him
Today marks the last Sunday in the Epiphany season this year. It starts to guide our thoughts and studies to the season of Lent. That will conclude with the events in the city of Jerusalem during the Passover feast and the Passion of Christ. The reading our church fathers selected to fill this role is the Transfiguration of our Lord as recorded in the Gospel of the Apostle Matthew. …For more, click on the title above.
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Transfiguration
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God’s gift of the crown of righteousness
This morning God has called and gathered us together into His House that He established decades ago in Catalina. He did so that, even today with the real earthly loss we’ve suffered we might hear God’s Word and respond to it in thanks. God planted this congregation to be a light on this hill in Catalina in the Divine Hope that all that takes place here would reflect and shine forth the Light of Christ to us, and through us, to our neighbors near and far. For more, click on the title above.
The Word made manifest
Today is January 18. This congregation and most of the Christian world celebrated the Epiphany of our Lord officially on January 6. But the Epiphany is not just a one-day event; it has a season of its own.
Sunday of last week we remembered the Baptism of Jesus. That’s the first bookend of the Epiphany season. Next Sunday, the 25th, we will celebrate the Transfiguration of our Lord, which is the closing bookend of the Epiphany season.
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The beauty of God’s wisdom about marriage
Rejoice in God’s promises fulfilled
Where can we find Jesus?
In our Gospel text Jesus is 12 years old. Why would this, the only time we hear Jesus speak prior to his Baptism, why would this story be included in the season of Epiphany?
Jesus is in the holy city of Jerusalem for a particular reason–to celebrate the Passover. He did this because he was an obedient Jewish boy. He and his parents had traveled with a group from Nazareth to Jerusalem to the Temple, a distance of about 110 miles which would take several days. They had come to offer sacrifices because that was what was commanded of them according to the Law of Moses. …For more, click on the title above.