St. John’s, Melbourne, has some exciting plans to minister to Spanish-speaking people in the year ahead. “We hope to launch weekend services and gatherings in January 2021,” said The Rev. Eric Turner, rector. This new outreach will be much more than a Spanish ministry merely using the church’s facilities, Turner said. “Folks who become part…
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During Advent, we reflect on the prophecies that preceded the birth of Jesus and how he fulfilled them. This grounds the entire season in the story of God’s people waiting for the coming of the Messiah. God is sovereign over the future, and he alone is capable of telling the future perfectly. God told his…
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“Advent is the season in the church year when we prepare for the coming of Jesus Christ, both His birth at Christmas and his second coming at the end of time,” says The Rev. Brian Turner, vicar of Church of the Blessed Redeemer, Palm Bay. The word “Advent,” from Latin, means “the coming.” For centuries,…
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Collect of the Day “Almighty God, by your grace your servant Elizabeth of Hungary recognized and honored Jesus in the poor of this world: Grant that we, following her example, may with love and gladness serve those in any need or trouble, in the name and for the sake of Jesus Christ; who lives and…
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COLLECT OF THE DAY For those to be ordained Almighty God, the giver of all good gifts, in your divine providence you have appointed various orders in your Church: Give your grace, we humbly pray, to all who are [now] called to any office and ministry for your people; and so fill them with the…
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Bishop’s Oratory , June 18, 2020 Nehemiah 6:6-11 Psalm 124 Revelation 7:13-17 Luke 12:2-12 Almighty and everlasting God, who kindled the flame of your love in the heart of your holy martyr Bernard Mizeki: Grant to us, your humble servants, a like faith and power of love, that we who rejoice in his triumph may…
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2 Timothy 2:8-15 Psalm 25:1-12 Mark 12:28-34 Preview photo: © Jonah Cowie
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Seventh Sunday of Easter Sunday, May 24, 2020 Ascension Day Propers Year A Acts 1:1-11 Ephesians 1:15-23 Luke 24:44-53 Psalm 47 or Psalm 93 The Collect Grant, we pray, Almighty God, that as we believe your only-begotten Son our Lord Jesus Christ to have ascended into heaven, so we may also in heart and mind…
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Fourth Sunday of Easter Sunday, May 3, 2020 Lectionary A Acts 2:42-47 1 Peter 2:19-25 John 10:1-10 Psalm 23 The Rt. Rev. Gregory O. Brewer, reflects on the Propers for the Fourth Sunday in the season of Easter. The reading of the Good Shepherd reminds Bishop Brewer of childhood imaginings of climbing down a manhole….
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Watch video Third Sunday of Easter Sunday, April 26, 2020 Lectionary A Acts 2:14a,22-32 1 Peter 1:3-9 John 20:19-31 Psalm 16 In this week’s homily I focus on the appointed Gospel passage for this Sunday, April 26, which recounts the story of the walk to Emmaus (Luke 24:13-35). In the reading from Luke, we meet two…
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