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?
In the Gospel reading we hear the Beatitudes (the blessings describing the true joys of discipleship.) Blessed are the poor in spirit, Blessed are those who mourn, and Blessed are the meek, Yes, blessed are those who have a total trust in God. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for…
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…
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…
Sermon Easter 4 Homily given can be seen on live stream from our website at 10:30 am: Outline: Expedient that I go away Sorrow hath filled you hearts Another Comforter – a Dove? The importance of the Spirit (the purpose) It’s job: To reprove (reprimand, rebuke, criticize To Convince (put to silence false…
Today’s passage comes from the beginning of Jesus’ ministry. He has gathered followers, begun his healing ministry and now he sits down with a crowd to share his wisdom. When Jesus speaks, he is not teaching middle class citizens who are frustrated with a few inconveniences of life. He is addressing his fellow Jews who…
Losing Jesus… The Gospel this morning is an account of the self-manifestation by Jesus as a boy. It is the only glimpse given of his childhood, when at the age of twelve, the time when a Jewish boy became a “son of the law”, he went up to Jerusalem with His parents for the Passover,…