Celebrating the Book of Common Prayer since 1986
This is a hard saying of Jesus, this ending to the parable. And for two thousand years Christians have wondered, “What is this wedding garment? What is the dress code for heaven? What is the one thing you have to have on, to stay at the heavenly banquet?”
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The further we make our way along the pilgrimage of this Trinity season, the clearer becomes the vision of our faith, just as the nearer we draw toward the object of our desire, the better able we are to perceive its attributes…
Read moreWhat is it that is keeping you from walking? What is that is weighing you down? What burden is your crushing load? What cripples you, paralyzes you, confines you to your bed? Unforgiven sin. It holds us down and it keeps us there, even forever, if it can…
Read moreAs we approach the culmination and fulfillment of the Trinity season in these its final weeks, our lections guide our thoughts and prayers toward a new and heavenly mandate for living…
Read moreNeither the content nor the pattern of what we rightly call Jesus’ summary of the law is novel. It is the same as the Ten Commandments themselves. In fact, the very words are from the “Shema” or “Hear O Israel,” based on Deuteronomy 6.4-5 and Leviticus 19.18.
Read moreAnd through the offering of our praise and thanksgiving we discover the unfolding joy that accompanies our growth into the knowledge of the love of God, “That in every thing [we] are enriched by Him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge.”
Read moreHow much of human life, and the course and history of the world, is nothing but this, an endless grown-up game of musical chairs, everyone fighting over scraps of worldly glory, power, preference and prestige? And we see this in the Church at large, and on the local level as well…
Read moreThis week’s readings follow the lessons for last Sunday just as the commandment to love our neighbour follows the commandment to love God. Paul tells us to, “walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love.”
Read moreFaint not, weep not… Neither fainting nor crying are things which it seems we have complete control over. So there must be something more here, some basis on which we can be exhorted not to faint or weep…
Read moreOur lessons today call us toward and into the final stage of our Christian faith, our free and unhindered communion and fellowship with the life of God…
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