Easter Sunday 2012
The reading from today says it all. Remember it was a woman who broke the news. On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter [...]
Portland-Good Friday has just a communion service. Holy Saturday day has no liturgy at all during the day until sundown when the Easter vigil begins and Lent is officially over. It’s been a long slog through the 40 days but we’ve made it to coincide with Mitt Romney’s almost selection as the nominee of the [...]
It seems that Mitt Romney will go up against Barrack Obama in November. Some would have you believe that this is the most important election in the history of the universe. Well, it isn’t. Every election is important. Over the next few months the question for us is what is the best direction for our country [...]
Portland- The readings for these three days of Holy Week, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, make reference to service and the lengths to which we are asked to serve. Today’s readings start with a “how to” to celebrate Passover by inviting people who have small families over to your house to celebrate together as a community. [...]
I guess I’m stuck on the Psalms this week. This passage is a bit more from an earlier post this week. It is a Psalm of David when he, David responds to Nathan’s accusation of his wrongdoing. He is self-reflective and humble. “For you are not pleased with sacrifices; should I offer a burnt offering, [...]
Next to Holy Week leading up to Easter, this (Fat Tuesday) is one of my favorite days of the year. I love pancakes. It’s as simple as that. In other parts of the world the day is known as Carnival or Mardi Gras or Shrove Tuesday the days of celebration and excess leading up to [...]
Merry Christmas to ALL! Peace! (from the “Roman Martyrology”) In the five thousand one hundred and ninety-ninth year of the creation of the world from the time when God in the beginning created the heavens and the earth; the two thousand nine hundred and fifty-seventh year after the flood; the two thousand and fifteenth year [...]
Today is December 24,2011, Christmas Eve. Today’s readings (in their entirety) come from Luke. 67 And his father Zechari’ah was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying, 68 ”Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people, 69 and has raised up a horn of [...]
