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Some who know me well, or, know their bibles well enough, will know that while we are just breaking open the book of Hebrews and beginning this series now. The book of Hebrews is one that I quote in my sermons all the time. And so, while I have technically not preached to you much … Continue reading Hebrews 1-4:11

Open with me the Psalter. Psalm 111. Read it. Pray it. Sing it. What do you see here on the page? You sung it earlier. What did you sing of, when this Psalm poured forth out of your lips? Maybe you've heard it sung at church by those beside and around you. What message did … Continue reading Psalm 111: Eucharisting With Our Whole Heart

In Deuteronomy 18:15-20 Moses is speaking to the Israelite people before his death. Recapping all that they’ve been through together. All that God has commanded to them, in the Law, through Moses as His prophet. And Moses says to them, looking forward to his own death and departure from them; when I am gone, - … Continue reading Jesus the Greater Moses – Deuteronomy 18:15-20

I would like to draw your attention toward a question that gets brought up a lot in circles where the Deuterocanon is used by Lutherans and Anglicans, as well as one that gets thrown around in ecumenical and polemical Protestant-Catholic/Orthodox groups. That is; does 2 Maccabees teach that we should pray for the dead in … Continue reading 2 Maccabees 12:38-46 and Prayers for the Dead

Today, in our last few hours in the season of Advent as we prepare our hearts and souls for the coming of the Christmas Feast – we hear, see, and meditate upon “the annunciation” of the Birth of Our Lord. For so long we have been waiting for the coming of our Christ and King. … Continue reading The Annunciation: Rejoice, full of God! The Lord is in you!

A branch shall sprout from the root of Jesse, and the glory of the Lord will fill the whole earth, and all flesh will see the salvation of God This week (the week preceding Christmas, from Dec 17-23rd) the church prays each day one of the 7 “O Antiphons.” I hear you say to me; … Continue reading The O Antiphons

Gaudete! Rejoice! This Lords Day (3rd Sunday in Advent) as you probably know is Gaudete Sunday. Or "why is Pastor wearing pink?" Sunday. This is the day in the church year (well, one of 2) marked out in a time of waiting and expectation and hope, and - penitence, when we take a break right … Continue reading A Gospel Amiss or “a Gaudete” You Might Have Missed

FC, on the Person of Christ: We believe, teach, and confess that God is a human being and a human being is God. Therefore, we believe, teach, and confess that Mary did not conceive and give birth to a child who was merely, purely, simply human, but she gave birth to the true Son of … Continue reading Eternal Life Begins at Christ’s Conception

AC 10: The Lord’s Supper: Concerning the Lord’s Supper it is taught that the true body and blood of Christ are truly present under the form of bread and wine in the Lord’s Supper and are distributed and received there Last Wednesday we meditated upon the Advent mystery of God revealing Himself to us in … Continue reading Not Longer Just Bread: the Transformative Power of the Liturgical Offertory

The feast of St. Andrew is a feast that inhabits somewhat of a "liminal space" between the end of the Liturgical year and its beginning. Some years, its in the last week of the year. Some years, its in the first week of the year. But every year, its witness, its content, and its purpose … Continue reading Feast of St. Andrew, the Apostle