Hope

6th Sunday after Pentecost

5 July A. D. 2026 Proper 9 Year AGenesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67; Psalm 45: 11-18; Romans 7:15-25a+ Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 CollectO God, you have taught us to keep all your commandments by loving you and our neighbor: Grant us the grace of your Holy Spirit, that we may be devoted to you with our...

Nativity of John the Baptist

24 June  A. D. 2026 Year A ReadingsIsaiah 40:1-11, Psalm 85:7-13, Acts 13:14b-26+ Luke 1:57-80 CollectAlmighty God, by whose providence your servant John the Baptist was wonderfully born, and sent to prepare the way of your Son our Savior by preaching repentance: Make us so to follow his teaching and holy life, that we...

5th Sunday in Advent – A Seven-week Advent

Year A Readings Isaiah 11:1-10   Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19 Romans 15:4-13 Matthew 3:1-12 Collect of the DayMerciful God, who sent your messengers the prophets to preach repentance and prepare the way for our salvation: Give us grace to heed their warnings and forsake our sins, that we may greet with joy the coming of Jesus Christ our Redeemer; who lives...

2nd Sunday in Advent – A Seven-week Advent

Year C Readings Malachi 4:1-2a Psalm 98 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 Luke 21:5-19 Collect of the Day Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of...

Dying into New Life

Year B Jeremiah 31:31-34 Psalm 119:9-16 Hebrews 5:5-10 John 12:20-33 May the words of my mouth O God…  speak your truth… Jeremiah lived during one of the most critical periods in the history of the Jewish people…  the destruction of Jerusalem and Solomon’s Temple…  followed immediately by the Babylonian exile…  he witnessed the last years of the kingdom...