On November 22 we will celebrate the Feast of Christ the King. I’m expecting that many of you will have heard of this celebration, but probably don’t know where it comes from or what the theological intention is. One of the reasons for this remains that this liturgical Day began as a Roman Catholic...
Readings for Reformation Sunday (ELCA) Jeremiah 31:31-34, Psalm 46, Romans 3: 19-28, + John 8:31-36 Collect Gracious Father, we pray for your holy catholic Church. Fill it with all truth and peace. Where it is corrupt, purify it; where it is in error, direct it; where in anything it is amiss, reform it; where...
THROUGH COMPLETE STILLNESS Let us pray: Most gracious Godout of all the wordsthat will now be spoken and heardmay it be your Living Wordthat stays in our hearts.Give us the grace to receive itand give us the charityto let all the other wordsslip away.We pray this inthe Name of Jesus Christ.Amen Three weeks agoI...
2 August A. D. 2026 Year A ReadingsGenesis 32:22-31, Psalm 17:1-7,16, Romans 9:1-5 + Matthew 14:13-21 CollectLet your continual mercy, O Lord, cleanse and defend your Church; and, because it cannot continue in safety without your help, protect and govern it always by your goodness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns...
26 July A. D. 2026 Year A ReadingsGenesis 29:15-28, Psalm 105:1-11, 45b, Romans 8:26-39+Matthew 13:31-33,44-52 Collect O God, the protector of all who trust in you, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase and multiply upon us your mercy; that, with you as our ruler and guide, we may so pass through...