Septuagesima Sunday 2020
Septuagesima 3 weeks before lent – Gospel reading on the workers in the vineyard – unfair?
St. Michael the Archangel Anglican Church, Matthews, NC 28105
St. Michael the Archangel Anglican Church, Matthews, NC
Septuagesima 3 weeks before lent – Gospel reading on the workers in the vineyard – unfair?
The Third Sunday after the Epiphany Today, Epiphany III, ends our short Epiphany season this year. Two weeks ago we heard the story of Jesus, as a young man, being in the midst of the elders at the Temple, listening and asking questions, and they were amazed at his knowledge. Last week, we heard…
“Almighty God, who hast given thine only Son to be unto us BOTH a sacrifice for sin, and also an ensample of Godly life.” The Epistle reconfirms: Christ did suffer for us, leaving for us an example, “and that we are to be dead to sins, and we should live in righteousness; for it was…
We read in the Epistle this morning “If ye be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on this above, not on things on the earth.” (Colossians 3:1-2) These words inform us of what we should do. The Gospel speaks of…
Sermon preached at St. Michael the Archangel Anglican Church on the Sunday next before Advent. “Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.” In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Liturgically speaking, this week we bring another year to a close, and like the…
Chapter XV of the Gospel of St. John begins with Jesus telling us that He is the True Vine and we the branches and He speaks of the purging of the branches, which bear fruit… and He continues that we are HIS FRIENDS if we do as He commands, – oh what a friend we…
So often we get caught up in the moment, as we become too busy to really see what we see and really hear what we hear. The busyness of life pushes us more and more, until we are living for the purpose of simply keeping up, with all of the demands of this life. Sometimes…