Year A Isaiah 58:1-12 Psalm 112:1-9 1 Corinthians 2:1-16 Matthew 5:13-20 May the words of my mouth… O God… speak your truth… In today’s Gospel… which is a continuation of the Beatitudes… Jesus addresses his disciples and says … you are the salt of the earth… you are the light of the world… not become salt… not strive...
Take a breath. The holidays and Holy Days are behind us. St. Francis’ Day, Halloween, All Saint’s Day, All the Faithful Departed, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, the coming of the Wise Men, the Baptism of our Lord, and the Epiphany. We’re now in Ordinary Time. The English name is...
Epiphany 4A – 2023 – Kentwood and Wyoming – The Rev. Canon Valerie Ambrose The news this past week has been distressing. We heard or more shootings, more mass shootings, violence by those committed to serve and protect, political rancor, rising inflation with food prices so high many families are struggling to feed themselves;...
Year A Isaiah 9:1-4 Psalm 27:1, 5-13 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 Matthew 4:12-23 May the words of my mouth… O God… speak your truth… Something happened… something on the outside… but also something on the inside… Jesus heard that his cousin John had been arrested… and in that moment… something in him shifted… he may have become more aware...
Year A Isaiah 49:1-7 Psalm 40:1-12 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 John 1:29-42 Behold the Lamb of God… who takes away the sin of the world… We find these words… or some variation of them… not just in today’s Gospel… but in the Gloria that we just sang… in The Great Litany… in some versions of the Angus Dei we...