Sunday Lent 2 Homily Introduction As we observe our Second Sunday in Lent, we are well underway in our respective efforts to engage in prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. To that end, we should pursue a deeper season of prayer, while tempering satisfaction of our appetites through fasting, and finally making the most of every opportunity…
In which we discuss Chapter 6 and the beginning of Chapter 7 of WH Griffith-Thomas’ book, Methods of Bible Study, covering Old Testament Topics and the beginning of Old Testament Doctrine. Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8
Text: Matthew 4:1-11 As you know, today is the first Sunday in Lent, our 40-ish-day period of prayer, fasting, almsgiving, and repentance prior to Easter. As is our parish custom, we chanted the Great Litany today and on Ash Wednesday in lieu of a processional hymn. The Litany, or “General Supplication,” is a masterpiece of…
Editor’s note: this was our homily for the Holy Communion service on Ash Wednesday 2019, adapted from the first part of the Homily “Of Good Works and First of Fasting” in the Second Book of Homilies. The two Books of Homilies are the official sermons of the Church of England in the 16th Century, endorsed…
March 6, 2019 Season of Lent Almighty and everlasting God, you hate nothing you have made and forgive the sins of all who are penitent: Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we, worthily lamenting our sins and acknowledging our wretchedness, may obtain of you, the God of all mercy, perfect remission…
Texts: Luke 8:31-43, 1 Cor 13. Today we observe Quinquagesima Sunday, the Sunday before Lent. Quinquagesima comes from the Latin word for fifty, as we are approximately fifty days before Easter. As with the other Sundays in pre-Lent, we are spiritually preparing for our Lenten season of repentance, generally characterized by fasting, prayer, and almsgiving….
Week 8 of our study of WH Griffith-Thomas’ book, Methods of Bible Study, in which we discuss Romans, Galatians, Ephesians, Hebrews (with a discussion on the priesthood), 1 Thessalonians, 1 Peter, and 1 John. Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7
A guest homily by the Venerable Cleo Kukeya, our regional Archdeacon.
This Wednesday we begin the 40 days of Lent, in which we metaphorically go through the desert with Our Lord in preparation for Easter. Lent began as a way for new converts to prepare for Baptism at the Easter Vigil with prayer and fasting. These practices eventually spread to the rest of the Church. Last…