May 2023

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Whitsunday – Sunday 28 May A✠D 2023 ✠ Psalmody: Wisdom 1:7a, Psalm 68:3;1 ,4a, c, 11a, 33b, 35a;104:30 ✠ Lection: Genesis 11:1-9;Acts 2:1-11;St. John 14:23-31a In the Name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. We are not to be confused about the work of the Holy Spirit. Too many have come to either deny that He is truly the Third Person of the Blessed Holy Trinity or that His work among us is one divine life coach, crystal-ball-ish revealer, or frenzy-causing motivator. St. John is clear, by the revelation of the Holy Spirit, of what the Third Person comesRead More →

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Exaudi – Sunday 21 May A✠D 2023 ✠ Psalmody: Psalm 27:7a, 8, 9a;27:1, 11a, 12;47:8;St. John 14:18a, 28b, 16:22b ✠ Lection: Ezekiel 36:23a, 23c-28;1 Peter 4:7b-11;St. John 15:26—16:4a Alleluia, Christ is risen! He is risen indeed, Alleluia!   In the Name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. I hope that the joy of the Lord has been with you in this glorious Eastertide that has been full of renewed celebration, singing, praying, and rejoicing as you’ve been constantly reminded that and how the Lord God is your strength and your song, and He has become your salvation. To draw thisRead More →

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Ascension – Thursday 18 May A✠D 2023 ✠ Psalmody: Acts 1:11;Psalm 47:1-2, 5;Psalm 47:5;68:18a ✠ Lection: 2 Kings 2:8–15;Acts 1:1–11;St. Mark 16:14–20  Alleluia, Christ is risen! He is risen indeed, Alleluia!   In the Name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. To remember our crucified, risen, and ascended Lord is to remember the blessed Holy Baptism with which He has instituted and gifted to us. The end of St. Mark’s gospel urges our hearts to have faith in that which Christ has done and has given. Our trek through this joyous season had us in the first part of MarkRead More →