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 282105
St. Michael the Archangel Anglican Church, Matthews, NC
Septuagesima 3 weeks before lent – Gospel reading on the workers in the vineyard – unfair?
COME, DEAR LORD, LET ME LIVE AGAIN Some tonight are Empty and drained and come to the House of God to have hearts warmed; by the Birth of God into the midst of His Creation. In the days of old, God’s presence among His People was signified by the ark of the covenant, thus…
The parable of the Pharisee and tax-collector is about two men praying. Much can be said about Christian prayer. The main emphasis today is on the mental and spiritual attitudes for prayer- and by extension, about attitudes for all of life. Like the two sons in the Parable of the Prodigal Son two weeks ago,…
Be not anxious for your life… Anxiousness: the intense, excessive, and persistent worry and fear / about everyday life and situations… This day may we come to be refreshed and let us praise and give Him thanks. My friends, my family, we gather this day to give thanks to our God. Let this not be…
The statement in the Creeds that Christ “ascended into heaven” is based mainly on Acts I : 1-9 where, after 40 days of appearances, when the Risen Lord speaks to the Apostles about the coming of the Holy Ghost and the Church’s mission, and is taken up in a cloud. For Christians, the Ascension…
Sermon Whitsunday (Pentecost) As the law, / given 50 days after their Exodus from Egypt brought together the twelve tribes of Israel under a common moral standard – a law, thus this day we celebrate the spirit’s coming, 50 days after the resurrection of Jesus Christ, to the twelve Apostles to guide Christ’s Church as…
I just love this reading today; although, for many it leaves them scratching their heads – John the Baptist who knew Jesus from the womb, now does not know him? Some would say that John by this action is showing our human trait of doubt and confusion, thus many rationalize that “well, if John had…