Category Archives: Liturgical Seasons

First Sunday of Advent, December 3

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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 New American Standard 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 64:1-9

Psalm 80:1-7, 16-18

Epistle: 1 Corinthians 1:3-9

Gospel: Mark 13:24-37

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, Sept. 26

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I am traveling this week for the Thanksgiving Holiday so there is no recording available.

The Collect and Psalms are from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer.

The Old Testament, Epistle and Gospel are from the Modern English Version 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 & 2 Old Testament: Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24

Track 1 Psalm: Psalm 100

Track 2 Psalm: Psalm 95:1-7a

Epistle: Ephesians 1:15-23

Gospel: Matthew 25:31-46

Closing Prayer: On December 1, we celebrate the life of Nicholas Ferrar Deacon.

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Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost, Sept. 19

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The Old Testament, Epistle and Gospel will be read from The Message

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

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: Judges 4:1-7

Track 1 Psalm: Psalm 123

Track 2 Old Testament: Zephaniah 1:7, 12-18

Track 2 Psalm: Psalm 90:1-12

Epistle: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

Gospel: Matthew 25:14-30

Closing Prayer: On November 25 we celebrate the life of James Otis Sargent Huntington, Priest and Monk. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

For a copy of today’s text in a PDF click here.