In the name of Godin whom we live and moveand have our being.As we settle in to the Season after PentecostOrdinary Time,where the Sundays are ordinalthe nth Sunday after Pentecostwe’re moving into a mostly continuousreading of Mark’s gospel.I’ll change the banners this week.Today we have two illustrationsfor the world Jesus has come to usher in.“The […]
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We pray for the church, O God. In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we pray for the Province of the Anglican Church of the Congo. In the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, we pray for our own faith community of St. Hilda St. Patrick, Edmonds; and we acknowledge that we reside on the ancestral lands of
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I don’t know about you, but I often find that scripture can seem baffling and strange to my modern ears. in this Mark passage, for example, there’s all this talk of Satan and how he seems to be controlling Jesus. And what’s this about Jesus’ family? We don’t often hear about them, so why are
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God who calls your servants, we pray for our priest, Joseph; our Bishops, Melissa and Brian; Phil, our Bishop-Elect; and Michael, our presiding Bishop. In the Anglican Communion, we pray for the Anglican Church of Central America. In the Diocese of Olympia, we pray for St. Aiden’s, Camano Island; and Transfiguration, Darrington. Lord of the
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God in three persons, give confidence to the ministers of your church, to preach your word. We pray for Michael, our presiding bishop; Melissa and Brian, our bishops; Phil, our bishop-elect; and Joseph, our vicar. God of hosts, send us. Creator God, we ask you to bless all those who answer your call with joy.
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In the name ofthe Father and ofthe Son and ofthe Holy Spirit. Amen.If you’re hoping fora definitive, rational,post-Enlightenmentunderstanding of the Trinitytry again next year.Maybe I’ll read Katherine Sonderegger’s bookSystematic Theology, Volume 2:The Doctrine of the Holy Trinity:Processions and Personson my sabbatical.You’ve probably heard, rightly,that this is the only liturgical observanceof a doctrine —not a person
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O God, we pray for this gathering at St. Hilda St. Patrick today, and for all people who come together in your name around the world. Come, Holy Spirit, guide us. We pray today for Michael, our presiding bishop; Melissa and Brian, our bishops; Rev. Phil LaBelle, the Bishop-elect of Olympia; and Joseph, our vicar.
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When the day of Pentecost had come, the disciples were all together in one place.Among the older traditions of Christianity, the feast of Pentecost is, in part, the celebration of the founding of the Church. Before that night, 50 days from Passover and the last supper, the holy catholic and apostolic Church did not exist.
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Christ Jesus, your prayer for your church is that we may be one as you and the Father are one. Sanctify us in your truth, and send us into the world as witnesses to your resurrection. Bless Michael, our presiding bishop; Melissa and Brian, our bishops; Joseph, our vicar; and the person who will be
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