Category Archives: Liturgical Seasons

First Sunday of Advent, November 27

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This week I am introducing a new practice of which bible the readings will come from. In the past a different bible was used for each of the lessons. For Advent I will use one bible for all readings giving you a consistent tone/language for all three readings. I will continue to use The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer for the Collect and the Psalm and A Great Cloud of Witnesses for the story of the saint we will be celebrating in the coming week.

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 read from the International Children’s Bible

Psalm 122 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: Romans 13:11-14 read from the International Children’s Bible

Gospel: Matthew 24:36-44 read from the International Children’s Bible

Closing Prayer: On December 2 we celebrate the life of Channing Moore Williams, Missionary Bishop in China and Japan. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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Last Sunday after Pentecost: Christ the King, November 20

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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 & 2 Old Testament: Jeremiah 23:1-6 read from the English Standard Version Bible Anglicized

Track 1 Psalm: Canticle 16 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Track 2 Psalm: Psalm 46 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: Colossians 1:11-20 read from the God’s Word Translation

Gospel: Luke 23:33-43 read from the Holman Christian Standard Bible

On November 20 we celebrate the life of Edmund, King of East Anglia. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost, Nov. 13

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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 read from The Revised Standard Version Bible

Track 1 Psalm: Canticle 9 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Track 2 Old Testament: Malachi 4:1-2a read from The Revised Standard Version Bible

Track 2 Psalm: Psalm 98 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 read from the Amplified Bible

Gospel: Luke 21:5-19 read from the Christian Standard Bible

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

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