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God’s gathered ones are free to offer the sacrifice of prayer
God has, in His mercy and grace for us sinner-saints brought us to this sixth Resurrection Sunday for this year. This is the time when the Church’s ancient Rogate days of prayer have been traditionally offered in the days leading up to Thursday’s Feast of the Ascension of our Lord. Such prayers are to be offered to God Who,
from (the) lands (He) gathered them in, from east and from west, from north and from south. …For more, click on the title above.
God’s good gifts
Freed to sing Sunday
Christ is risen! Our sermon for this fifth Sunday in this season dedicated to special proclamations about the Resurrection of our Lord is taken from today’s appointed Psalm. It is one chosen, because of its themes, long ago for our hearing on Cantate (or, Sing) Sunday. …For more, click on the title above.
Patiently endure under God’s grace
Warnings against false teachings
Let us rejoice in the Lord’s Day
Our sermon for this day as we continue to celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord is taken from our inspired readings. Today, we are going to hear more about how this theme text applies to our lives in Christ:
This (is) the Day which YHWH has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it! …For more, click on the title above.
Jesus completed all that was needed to atone for our sins
Today the Church remembers that which is depicted in this congregation’s seventh Station of the Cross. There, this past Monday evening, those who walked the stations again, following Deacon Tim’s lead, spoke these words:
“We adore You, O Lord Jesus Christ, in this Church, and all the Churches of the world, and we bless You because, by Your holy Cross You have redeemed the world. Amen. ” ….For more, click on the title above.
Beautified received tradition from the Lord
Our sermon for this night is grounded in a faithful, beautiful, received tradition from the Lord. It has grounded in that which has been handed on to us concerning the events of the first Holy Week. Hear again the theme for this evening:
“For I received from the Lord that which also I handed over to all of you….”
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God’s Word is His bond
We are now just two weeks away from Easter Sunday and find ourselves at Judica Sunday. The purple paraments have returned and the bright and joyful pink that decorated the nave is gone. But the welcoming pink is not the only thing that has been removed. Much like how the nails left holes in Christ’s hands after he was removed from the cross, today the removal of the rest of the glorias leaves the services with empty holes that stand out. Judica is Latin and here translates to “vindicate” or “judge”. According to Merriam Webster, vindicate is defined as follows: “to free from allegation or blame: to show that someone is not guilty.” … For more, click on the title above.