Merciful God, increase our love to overflowing. Make your church pure and blameless that we may greet with joy the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Bless Sean, our presiding bishop; Phil, our bishop; and Joseph, our vicar. We pray for the Province of the Episcopal Church of Sudan, and for the faith communities of […]
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We’re transitioning.We’re moving.Since All Saintswe’ve been hearingabout the end of time.It’s getting more urgent nowas we get closer to Christmas.Our gospel text isn’t Jesus talkingabout when all things are made right.Jesus isn’t even in the gospel passage today.We’re getting a hingefrom the apocalypticto the immediate,from when the Son of Man comes in his gloryto the
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Precious Lord, we offer prayers for faith leaders all around the world, trusting that they will lead their flocks toward love, peace, and justice. Today, in the Diocesan cycle of prayer, we pray especially for All Saints’, Bellevue and Holy Apostles, Bellevue. In the Anglican cycle of prayer, we offer thanks for the Province of
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God’s story of the redemption of creationimpacts the whole of creation.Not only has Jesus come into the cosmosto save the entire cosmosthe cosmos announces his presence.Think about our Christmas and Epiphany narratives:A new star appearsand shepherds hear the angelic choruses.On Good Friday at Jesus’ deaththe earth groans in an earthquake.As Fred Craddock says,“There is no
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God most venerable, we pray for our presiding bishop, Sean; our bishop, Phil; and our vicar, Joseph. We lift up to you this holy gathering, and the people of God in every place. Holy God, have mercy on us. We pray for the leaders of the nations and all in authority, and for mercy, justice,
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“My kingdom is not from this world.If my kingdomwere from this world,my followers would be fightingto keep me from being handed over.But as it is, my kingdom is not from here.You say that I am a king…For this I was born,and for this I came into the world,to testify to the truth.”Pilate next asks“What is
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Almighty God, thank you for your generous love. We pray for your church and all who serve you including Sean, our Presiding Bishop; Phil, our bishop; and Joseph, our vicar. We lift up the St. Hilda St. Patrick congregation and stewardship campaign. Guide your church through these times of change. Blessed Lord, guard our hearts
November 17: Weekly Prayers Read More »
We don’t know all that much, really,about St. Hilda of Whitbyexcept that she was born into nobilityand an active, but chaste, member of courtbefore there was a unified England.Baptized at 13,at 33 she went into monastic life.Aidan, the bishop of Lindisfarne,recalled her to East Anglia, her homebecause he was impressed with her devotionto Jesus and
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God of blessing, we wait in hope for you. We wait for your kingdom to come. We wait for the return of your son. We wait for you to visit us with your Holy Spirit once again today. We wait in hope for you. Give us patience. Give your blessings to Sean, our presiding bishop;
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Ahhhhhh.Another stewardship sermonabout giving all that you can to the churchBased on the text about the widow’s mite…Is not what I need to hear,does a disservice to this text,and does a disserviceto our current moment.Alex is going to talk about stewardship and financesafter communion anyway. While Jesus next talks about the temple and its destructionfor
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