The Second Sunday After Christmas January 3, 2021 - Revised Common Lectionary, Year B The Rev. Julia Rusling The Lessons Jeremiah 31:7-14; Psalm 84; Ephesians 1:3-6,15-19a; Matthew 2:1-12 Collect of the Day O God, who wonderfully created, and yet more wonderfully restored, the dignity of human nature: Grant that we may share the divine life of him who humbled himself to share our humanity, your Son Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. The First Sunday After Christmas December 27, 2020 - Revised Common Lectionary, Year B The Rev. Julia Rusling The Lessons Isaiah 61:10-62:3; Psalm 147; Galatians 3:23-25; 4:4-7; John 1:1-18 Collect of the Day Almighty God, you have poured upon us the new light of your incarnate Word: Grant that this light, enkindled in our hearts, may shine forth in our lives; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Christmas Eve December 24, 2020 - Revised Common Lectionary, Year B The Rev. Canon Shannon Manning The Lessons Isaiah 9:2-7; Psalm 96; Titus 2:11-14; Luke 2:1-14(15-20) The Fourth Sunday of Advent December 20, 2020 - Revised Common Lectionary, Year B Br. Todd Aquinas van Alstyne, OP The Lessons Canticle 15; 2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16; Romans 16:25-27; Luke 1:26-38 Collect of the Day Purify our conscience, Almighty God, by your daily visitation, that your Son Jesus Christ, at his coming, may find in us a mansion prepared for himself; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. The Third Sunday of Advent December 13, 2020 - Revised Common Lectionary, Year B The Rev. Canon Shannon Manning The Lessons Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11; Psalm 126; 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24; John 1:6-8,19-28 Collect of the Day Stir up your power, O Lord, and with great might come among us; and, because we are sorely hindered by our sins, let your bountiful grace and mercy speedily help and deliver us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory, now and for ever. Amen. The Second Sunday of Advent December 6, 2020 - Revised Common Lectionary, Year B The Very Rev. William A. J. Heine, Jr. The Lessons Isaiah 40:1-11; Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13; 2 Peter 3:8-15a; Mark 1:1-8 Collect of the Day Merciful God, who sent your messengers the prophets to preach repentance and prepare the way for our salvation: Give us grace to heed their warnings and forsake our sins, that we may greet with joy the coming of Jesus Christ our Redeemer; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. Fr. AJ has also graciously provided the text of this sermon for any who would prefer to read it. The First Sunday of Advent November 29, 2020 - Revised Common Lectionary, Year B The Very Rev. William A. J. Heine, Jr. The Lessons Isaiah 64:1-9; Psalm 80:1-7, 16-18; 1 Corinthians 1:3-9; Mark 13:24-37 Collect of the Day Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. Christ the King - The Last Sunday After Pentecost November 22, 2020 - Revised Common Lectionary, Year A The Very Rev. William A. J. Heine, Jr. The Lessons Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24; Psalm 95:1-7a; Ephesians 1:15-23; Matthew 25:31-46 Collect of the Day Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all things in your well-beloved Son, the King of kings and Lord of lords: Mercifully grant that the peoples of the earth, divided and enslaved by sin, may be freed and brought together under his most gracious rule; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. Twenty-fourth Sunday After Pentecost November 15, 2020 - Revised Common Lectionary, Year A The Rev. Canon Shannon Manning The Lessons Zephaniah 1:7,12-18; Psalm 90:1-8, 12; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11; Matthew 25:14-30 Collect of the Day Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which you have given us in our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. Twenty-third Sunday After Pentecost November 8, 2020 - Revised Common Lectionary, Year A The Very Rev. William A. J. Heine, Jr. The Lessons Amos 5:18-24; Psalm 70; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Matthew 25:1-13 Collect of the Day O God, whose blessed Son came into the world that he might destroy the works of the devil and make us children of God and heirs of eternal life: Grant that, having this hope, we may purify ourselves as he is pure; that, when he comes again with power and great glory, we may be made like him in his eternal and glorious kingdom; where he lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. |