Third Sunday after Pentecost

June 9, 2015 by Tom Potter

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Third Sunday after Pentecost, June 14, 2015

The Old Testament: 1 Samuel 15:34-16:13 Text from New Living Translation

Psalm: 20

The Epistle: 2 Corinthians 5:6-10,14-17 Text from New Revised Standard Version Anglicised

The Gospel: Mark 4:26-34 Text from Revised Standard Version

Next Weeks Saint: Evelyn Underhill June 15

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MysticismBy Evelyn Underhill / Doubleday Books(PUBDoubleday)Published in 1911, this is the fundamental work. Based on her extensive analysis of primarily medieval figures, Underhill’s understanding of mystical progression—awakening, purgation, illumination, dark night, and union—have since become normative. 519 pages, softcover.

Podcast for 2nd Sunday after Pentecost

June 2, 2015 by Tom Potter

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Second Sunday after Pentecost

The Old Testament:1 Samuel 8:4-20, 11:14-15 from New American Standard Bible

Psalm 138

The Epistle: 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1 from New Century Version

The Gospel: Mark 3:20-35 from New International Version

On June 9th we celebrate Columba, Abbot of Iona and Missionary.

PDF of text for this weeks lectionary.

The Life of St. Columba
By Adomnan Of Iona / Penguin ClassicsFounding father of the famous monastery on the island of Iona, a site of pilgrammage ever since his death in 597, St. Columba was born into one of the ruling families in Ireland at a time of immense expansion for the Irish Church. This account of his life, written by Adomnan- the ninth abbot of Iona, and a distant relative of St. Columba-describes his travels from Ireland to Scotland and his mission in the cause of Celtic Christianity there. Composed 100 years after his death, it draws on written and oral traditions to depict a wise abbot among his monks, who like Christ was capable of turning water into wine, controlling sea-storms and raising the dead. An engaging account of one of the central figures in the “Age of Saints” this is a major work of early Irish and Scottish history.