Septuagesima Sunday 2020
Septuagesima 3 weeks before lent – Gospel reading on the workers in the vineyard – unfair?
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?
The parable of the Pharisee and tax-collector is about two men praying. Much can be said about Christian prayer. The main emphasis today is on the mental and spiritual attitudes for prayer- and by extension, about attitudes for all of life. Like the two sons in the Parable of the Prodigal Son two weeks ago,…
Second Sun. after Easter St. John 10:11-16 15 April 2018 / Reverend Dr. Dennis Washburn Introduction-a popular name for Second Sunday after Easter is Good Shepherd Sunday. The readings contain theme. Two parts of shepherd theme in Old Testament. A) the LORD God of Israel as a shepherd and His covenant people as sheep. B) some…
Septuagesima 2019 Do we run all of the race that is set before, or just part and then quit? (Are we running in the right race?) Just how many races are you running? Are we wiser, you know, smarter than others? Is our understanding of right and wrong true, proving our intellectual prow-ess? What motivates,…
Preached on January 22, 2023 Jesus’ Miracle at Cana, where He turns the water into wine, is an invitation to see who He is, what He is about, and how we can believe on Him as the Messiah. Last week we saw how part of the epiphany our Prayer Book wants us to have about Jesus…
Last week we had the “self-manifestation” of Jesus when he was twelve years old, as he stayed several days in the Temple listening to / and asking questions of the “doctors” of the Temple (the teachers) and we are told they were astonished at his understanding and questions. During advent through now we have had…
Sermon preached on December 17 by Fr Allen at St Michael the Archangel Anglican Church, Matthews, North Carolina “Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.” In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. …