Month: November 2020
First Sunday in Advent
Read More: First Sunday in Advent29 November 2020 With great joy and gladness, the Church enters a new season and a new liturgical year. It’s a season when God wants to do something new in our lives. A new season is like a chapter of a book: there’s an end and a beginning, and something we can look forward to. …
The Feast of Christ the King
Read More: The Feast of Christ the King22 November 2020 The feast of Christ the King points to the future; it’s a rehearsal for what is to come. It was instituted by Pope Pius XI in 1925 in response to growing secularism in the world – the “pushing out” of God from people’s lives and from nations. He said there will be…
Do you have the vaccine?
Read More: Do you have the vaccine?Psalm 70:1 (from the Psalter in the Book of Common Prayer) Be pleased, O God, to deliver me; O LORD, make haste to help me. In the beginning, God wrote a love letter to mankind. Maybe you’re thinking, “What? What love letter? Is he talking about the Song of Solomon?” No, I’m not. In fact,…
The servants’ parable
Read More: The servants’ parableProper 28, 15 November 2020 Today’s readings prepare us for the feast of Christ the King and the celebration of Christ’s Second Coming. For 2000 years the Church has been looking forward to the promised coming of Jesus. The question of the long delay can lead people to abandonment and disbelief of the promise, so…
The call for wisdom
Read More: The call for wisdomProper 27, 8 November 2020 The theme of today’s Gospel is the Second Coming of Christ, in which He will judge humanity, the nations, and each of us. The parable is a wedding-feast: the bridegroom is coming but is late. This points to Christ: though we know assuredly He’s coming, the time is not in…
The Feast of All Saints
Read More: The Feast of All Saints1 November 2020 The season of Ordinary Time is a celebration of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, of which we are reminded every Sunday, that we should never forget. Beyond remembrance – “Do this in remembrance of Me” – we become a part and live by what Christ has done: His death and…
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