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✠ Psalmody: Isaiah 48:20b; Psalm 66:1–2; Liturgical Text; 1 Corinthians 5:7b, 5:8a, c; Psalm 66:8–9, 20; Psalm 96:2 ✠ Lection: Numbers 21:4–9; James 1:22–27; John 16:23b–30 In the Name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Beloved disciples of Jesus, hear his words, “Amen, amen, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you…Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.” By these words we may see many things, many aspects about asking, about praying, that the Father give that for which we ask. Just as Cantate last week wasRead More →

(Transcribed by TurboScribe.ai.) In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Misery loves company, and typically that company is someone who only steps into another’s misery by compassion, or at least that’s the origin of that saying, that idiom that we have, that misery is done best by a compassionate one joining the miserable one to help them through their misery. We’ve come to understanding, as it unfortunately at times applies, that misery wants to see others be miserable with them, to drag down those who aren’t miserable so that, well, the fair share of misery is spread.Read More →

The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity – Sunday 11 August A✠D 2024 ✠ Psalmody: Psalm 68:5b, 6a, 35b; 1, 3, 7a, 10b, 19;28:7b, 1a, 2a;90:1 ✠ Lection: Genesis 4:1–15;1 Corinthians 15:1–10;Luke 18:9–14 In the Name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. The pairing of Genesis, chapter four, with the Holy Gospel from St. Luke, chapter 18, benefits us through Scriptural parallels entering into the ear and mind. Both instances tell of two contrasting men approaching the Lord. First, we see our first parents placed into Paradise, into the incomparable Garden of Eden, wherein they tragically brought sin into that place,Read More →