St. Michael the Archangel Anglican Church, Matthews, NC 28105
St. Michael the Archangel Anglican Church, Matthews, NC
Septuagesima 3 weeks before lent – Gospel reading on the workers in the vineyard – unfair?
Oh, the wonder of the early followers of Christ. While we meet this morning in this beautiful church, called St. Michael the Archangel – we are surrounded by friends and comfort, but in the Gospel we see what poor conveniences Christ had for His ministry. So yes, let us enjoy our air conditioned seat within…
We read in the Epistle this morning “If ye be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on this above, not on things on the earth.” (Colossians 3:1-2) These words inform us of what we should do. The Gospel speaks of…
Last week Bishop Myers spoke to us about reaching out to others as he discussed the parable of the Lost Sheep and he spoke of the Pharisees who were complaining that Jesus “receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.” The Phrarisees complained for they knew not who Jesus was … a loving God who loves all…
Advent 2 2018 Fr. Michael Cawthon In the Collect this morning we read “Blessed Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning; Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them”… and in the Epistle we hear “Whatsoever things were written aforetime were…
Happy Birthday to Christ’s Church! This day called Whitsunday was know as “Pentecost,” for the first four hundred years of the Church, Pentecost is a the word meaning fiftieth. When the Jewish people were in their formative years, God gave them the Ten Commandments, and the Jewish Pentecost was and is a celebration of the…
Losing Jesus… The Gospel this morning is an account of the self-manifestation by Jesus as a boy. It is the only glimpse given of his childhood, when at the age of twelve, the time when a Jewish boy became a “son of the law”, he went up to Jerusalem with His parents for the Passover,…
