Author Archives: Tom Potter

First Sunday of Advent, Nov. 30

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The Collect and Psalm will be read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

The Old Testament, Epistle and Gospel will be read from The Modern English Version Bible

The Collect: Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Old Testament: Isaiah 2:1-5

Psalm: Psalm 122

Epistle: Romans 13:11-14

Gospel: Matthew 24:36-44

On December 3 we celebrate the life of Francis Xavier missionary to the Far East. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses

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Last Sunday after Pentecost: Christ the King, November 23

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The Collect and psalms will be read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer.

The Old Testament, Epistle and Gospel will be read from Lexham English Bible

The Collect: Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all things in your well-beloved Son, the King of kings and Lord of lords: Mercifully grant that the peoples of the earth, divided and enslaved by sin, may be freed and brought together under his most gracious rule; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Track 1 Old Testament: Jeremiah 23:1-6

Track 1 Psalm: Canticle 16

Track 2 Old Testament: Jeremiah 23:1-6

Track 2 Psalm: Psalm 46

Epistle: Colossians 1:11-20

Gospel: Luke 23:33-43

On November 28 we remember the lives of Kamehameha and Emma king and queen of Hawaii. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses

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Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost, November 16

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The Collect and Psalms will be read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

The Old Testament, Epistle and Gospel will be read from The International Children’s Bible

The Collect: Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which you have given us in our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Track 1 Old Testament: Isaiah 65:17-25

Track 1 Psalm: Canticle 9

Track 2 Old Testament: Malachi 4:1 – 2a

Track 2 Psalm:Psalm 98

Epistle: 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13

Gospel: Luke 21:5-19

On November 18 we celebrate the life of Hilda, Abbess of Whitby. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses

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