Year B Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-9 Psalm 15 James 1:17-27 Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… When I used to attend Friday night services at synagogue… we used a prayer book… that contained a prayer… that’s similar to what we just heard from Deuteronomy… but the one we read at...
Year B Acts 8:26-40 Psalm 22:24-30 1 John 4:7-21 John 15:1-8 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… The Lutheran and Anglican calendars of saints include people like Perpetua and Felicity… Teresa of Avila… Gregory the Great… and others who promoted the faith… there are also those who have healed the Church from heresies...
Year C Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 Psalm 8 Romans 5:1-5 John 16:12-15 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… I like magicians… I think the first magician I ever knew about was Harry Houdini… doing the seemingly impossible in his Water Torture Cell… for those of you who are too young to remember… they locked...