Month: May 2022
Let us build the New Jerusalem
Read More: Let us build the New Jerusalem6th Sunday after Easter, 22 May 2022 Acts 16:9-16, Revelation 21:1-2, 22-27, John 14:23-29 In today’s first reading, as Lydia was listening to the Word of God, God opened and touched her heart.[1] This can happen in the Mass. When you listen, it’s not the preacher that is speaking. Tell the Lord you want to hear His voice, and…
How do we love?
Read More: How do we love?5th Sunday of Easter, 15 May 2022 John 13:31-35 We celebrate Easter for fifty days – forty days until the Ascension. We cannot conclude that when someone dies their spirit or soul will be among us for forty days – to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.[1] Jesus lingered…
Pentecost 2022 – Message by the Patriarch
Read More: Pentecost 2022 – Message by the PatriarchDear Co-workers in the Kingdom Vineyard, The Feast of Pentecost is quickly coming upon us. In the first days of the Charismatic Episcopal Church, the “House of Bishops” (now the Primate’s Council) thought the Feast of Pentecost so crucial that they decided to extend the Feast or season until almost halfway through what is now Ordinary…
The way to eternal life
Read More: The way to eternal life4th Sunday of Easter, 8 May 2022 John 10:22-30 The Jewish Feast of the Dedication, Hanukkah, is a thanksgiving celebration for the rededication of the temple in 165 BC after it was defiled through pagan sacrifices. God is holy, so we need to treat Him as holy, and He calls us to be a holy people. Its celebration…
Resurrection and forgiveness
Read More: Resurrection and forgiveness3rd Sunday of Easter, 1 May 2022 Acts 9:1-16, John 21:1-14 Some people ask, “Where is God?” in the midst of wars and disasters. Jesus is with those who are suffering, although sometimes we are not aware of it. God never leaves or forsakes us, particularly in times of difficulties. We’re thankful that in the…
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