Sunday Sermon February 25, 2024

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Devotion February 21, 2024

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Devotion February 20, 2024

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Sunday Reflection (February 18, 2024)

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Jesus kept God’s covenant and decrees perfectly and enacted loving kindness toward others (Mark 1:12-15). How does he respond to us who flounder? Is Jesus like us when we have done something right, and we expect others to do it too perfectly? Peter tells us otherwise: The innocent sufferings of Christ lead the unrighteous to God (1 Peter 3:18). 
Being brought into communion with God and one another through Jesus Christ, allows the Holy Spirit to drive you to the enactment of faithful, loving kindness towards others as a response to God’s faithful, loving kindness to us. Hear these encouraging words: “All the paths of the Lord are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep his covenant and his decrees. For your name’s sake, O Lord, pardon my guilt, for it is great” (Psalm 25:10-11). 

Prayer for the Week (February 18, 2024-February 24, 2024)

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Let us pray during this Lenten Season that we turn fully to God and people: God of the covenant of love, you invite us to follow your Son. As the Holy Spirit led him to the desert, may he open our eyes to see the wastelands of evil that we have created in our world. May we learn from Jesus to believe in the Good News and to give shape to your Kingdom of truth, justice and unselfish love. We ask this in the name of Jesus our Lord. Amen.

                               (Claretian Publications)

                                                                                         
               

                                   

                         

Sunday Sermon February 18, 2024

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Devotion February 14, 2024

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Devotion February 13, 2024

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Sunday Reflection (February 11, 2024)

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The Holy Spirit makes us vessels and instruments of God’s love and mercy. This is a work in progress for all of us, and yes, there might be “mountain top experiences” with an immediate insight or a feeling of God’s presence but these are ephemeral. The Holy Spirit slowly and gradually forms Christ within us and among us so that our views, attitudes, words, and deeds are those of a follower of Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 4:3-6).

The Holy Spirit is transforming us as Christ’s Church to become a light to the world and reflect God’s love and compassion to the world. This begins with those around us, and even extends to enemies! As the Psalmist (50:2) related: “Out of Zion God shines forth in perfect beauty.” That is not mean, ugly, vindictive, and malicious, but “beauty.” The Holy Spirit continually creates within us and among us the beauty revealed in Jesus Christ.

Prayer for the Week (February 11, 2024-February 17, 2024)

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Let us pray to our Almighty Father whose Son was revealed in majesty before he suffered death upon the cross: God, give us grace to perceive his glory in suffering, so that we be strengthened to suffer with him and be changed into his likeness, from glory to glory. Amen.

                               (Book of Common Prayer)