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Deuteronomy 18:15-20

In this new era of fear that we live in, when the world trembles because the governments command it, it is hard to have faith.  From local governments, up to the highest governments of the lands, they all preach fear.  They do that with their underlings, their media arms, hammering that fear into the hearts and minds of all populations.  This promotion of fear is said to be because there is the threat of a virus loose that cannot be contained.  That fear has spread into the r

For some reason I was led to look at this part of the Genesis stories. I read the Wikipedia article entitled Tamar (Genesis) and recalled having read it before. Then I did a reverse lectionary search to find out when the Episcopal Church reads part or all of Genesis 38 and (crickets chirping) … ooops. Nada. This is one of those never to be read aloud in church stories [at least as the lectionary is presently set up; it might change over the decades). Therefore, I am called t

It is worthwhile to note that the Episcopal Lectionary does not schedule anything from John’s eighth chapter to be read aloud and/or preached. The Roman Catholic schedule includes reading John 8:12, on two occasions (one Lent, one after the Epiphany ordinary), with both paired with other Gospel readings. John 8:12 states: “Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.” One can

Please read these verses that come from the readings offered for today. A sermon will follow.

The Epistle reading for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 11) will next be read aloud in Episcopal churches on Sunday, July 19,2020.  It comes from Paul’s letter to the Christians of Rome.  According to the New Revised Standard Version, the words read will be these:

This is the reading chosen from the first epistle of Saint Peter, read on the Seventh Sunday of Easter. It is scheduled to next be read on Sunday, May 24, 2020. If you notice, this reading is a cut and paste, where three verses from Peter’s fourth chapter (12-14) are cut out of the middle of that chapter and pasted to six verses cut out of the middle of Peter’s fifth (and final) chapter (6-11). The verses selected speak of the pains of being truly Christian. Peter wrote of t

This song of praise is selected to be sung loudly in Episcopal churches on the Sixth Sunday of Easter.

The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch to spring up for David; and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will live in safety. And this is the name by which it will be called: “The Lord is our righteousness.”

How can we thank God enough for you in return for all the joy that we feel before our God because of you? Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you face to face and restore whatever is lacking in your faith.

Jesus said, “There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on the earth distress among nations confused by the roaring of the sea and the waves. People will faint from fear and foreboding of what is coming upon the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then they will see ‘the Son of Man coming in a cloud’ with power and great glory. Now when these things begin to take place, stand up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”

As I watched,

These are the last words of David:

Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.

Pilate entered the headquarters again, summoned Jesus, and asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” Jesus answered, “Do you ask this on your own, or did others tell you about me?” Pilate replied, “I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests have handed you over to me. What have you done?” Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my followers would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. But as

The Lord spoke to Daniel in a vision and said, “At that time Michael, the great prince, the protector of your people, shall arise. There shall be a time of anguish, such as has never occurred since nations first came into existence. But at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone who is found written in the book. Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. Those who are wise shal

Every priest stands day after day at his service, offering again and again the same sacrifices that can never take away sins. But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, “he sat down at the right hand of God,” and since then has been waiting “until his enemies would be made a footstool for his feet.” For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are sanctified. [And the Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after saying,

As Jesus came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher, what large stones and what large buildings!” Then Jesus asked him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left here upon another; all will be thrown down.”