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Advent II – Expectation of future glory
HomeWorship CalendarPastoral CarePrayer Daily Offices Lectio Divina Prayer MinistryTeachings Articles/News SermonsAbout Us LeadershipContact Us The Last Judgement, John Martin, 1854 AD Romans 15:4-13 St Luke 21:25-33 The God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in…
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HomeWorship CalendarPastoral CarePrayer Daily Offices Lectio Divina Prayer MinistryTeachings Articles/News SermonsAbout Us LeadershipContact Us The Cleansing of the Temple, Mosaic at Monreale Sicily, 12-13th century Romans 13:8-14 St Matthew 21:1-13 Now it is high time to awake out of sleep… Today we begin the new Christian year with the season of Advent. Advent…
Read MoreSunday before Advent – Where are we to buy bread?
HomeWorship CalendarPastoral CarePrayer Daily Offices Lectio Divina Prayer MinistryTeachings Articles/News SermonsAbout Us LeadershipContact Us Jesus multiplies loaves, Outer Narthex Mosaic at Chora, Instanbul, 14th century Jeremiah 23:5-8 St John 6:5-14 Jesus said this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do. Today we are once again at the end of the Church…
Read MoreTrinity 22 – The Burden of Unforgiveness
HomeWorship CalendarPastoral CarePrayer Daily Offices Lectio Divina Prayer MinistryTeachings Articles/News SermonsAbout Us LeadershipContact Us Parable of the Unforgiving Servant, unknown painter, 16th century by Fr Jean Celestin Ngoma Philippians 1:3-11 St Matthew 18:21-end “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As we approach the final Sundays…
Read MoreTrinity 20 – Wear your wedding garment
HomeWorship CalendarPastoral CarePrayer Daily Offices Lectio Divina Prayer MinistryTeachings Articles/News SermonsAbout Us LeadershipContact Us The Wedding Feast, John Everett Millais, 1864 Ephesians 5:15-21 St Matthew 22:1-14 Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding-garment? We are reflecting in these last weeks of Trinity season on the highest stage of the Christian…
Read MoreTrinity 19 – Go into Your House
HomeWorship CalendarPastoral CarePrayer Daily Offices Lectio Divina Prayer MinistryTeachings Articles/News SermonsAbout Us LeadershipContact Us The Communion of the Apostles, Justus van Gent, 1467-1474 Ephesians 4:23-28 St Matthew 9:1-8 Arise, take up your bed, and go to your house. These final Sundays in Trinity season are about the heights of our sanctification – union…
Read MoreTrinity 18 – The Second Is Like It
HomeWorship CalendarPastoral CarePrayer Daily Offices Lectio Divina Prayer MinistryTeachings Articles/News SermonsAbout Us LeadershipContact Us The Communion of the Apostles, James Tissot, 1886 1 Corinthians 1:4-8 St Matthew 22:34-46 And the second is like it… As we make our way through Trinity season, God’s Word, the two readings we are given every Sunday, are…
Read MoreTrinity 17 – The Suppressed Miracle
HomeWorship CalendarPastoral CarePrayer Daily Offices Lectio Divina Prayer MinistryTeachings Articles/News SermonsAbout Us LeadershipContact Us Christ heals man with dropsy, French Medieval manuscript by Gianluca Ephesians 4:1-6 St Luke 14:1-11 Today’s Gospel reading, written by the beloved physician St. Luke, contains a unique account of Jesus healing a man with dropsy. It is…
Read MoreTrinity 15 – Food, Drink, Clothing
HomeWorship CalendarPastoral CarePrayer Daily Offices Lectio Divina Prayer MinistryTeachings Articles/News SermonsAbout Us LeadershipContact Us Galatians 5:25-6:10 St Matthew 6:24-34 Look at the birds of the air… Look at the lilies of the field… In these Sundays in Trinity season there seems to be a looping back again and again as we ascend in our…
Read MoreTrinity 14 – Metanoia and Gratitude
HomeWorship CalendarPastoral CarePrayer Daily Offices Lectio Divina Prayer MinistryTeachings Articles/News SermonsAbout Us LeadershipContact Us Ten Lepers Cleansed, Illuminated Manuscript Fr Jean Celestin Ngoma Galatians 5:16-24 St Luke 17:11-19 Lord, have mercy on us (Kyrie Eleison) As we continue our journey of ascension toward the fullness of life in Christ during this Trinity…
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