Year: 2011

Events, Month at a Glance

Week at a Glance, 26 September – 2 October

Tuesday, September 27th
6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place

Thursday, September 29th, St. Michael & All Angels
1:30-3:00pm Seniors’ Drop-In
3:00pm Service at Windsor Elms
6:30-7:30pm Brownies’ Mtg. – Parish Hall
7:00pm Holy Communion

Saturday, October 1st
3:00pm Holy Matrimony: Barkhouse/Poole
7:00-9:00pm Parish Hall – Newfoundland & Country Evening of Musical Entertainment

Sunday, October 2nd, Trinity XV
8:00am Holy Communion (followed by Men’s Club Breakfast)
9:30am Holy Communion at KES
10:30am Holy Communion
4:00pm Evening Prayer at Christ Church

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Prayers and liturgy

The Fourteenth Sunday After Trinity

The collect for today, the Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962):

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, give unto us the increase of faith, hope, and charity; and, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise, make us to love that which thou dost command; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle: Galatians 5:25-6:5
The Gospel: S.t Luke 17:11-19

Monreale, Christ heals 10 lepersArtwork: Christ heals ten lepers, 12th-century mosaic, Cathedral of Monreale, Sicily.

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Saint Matthew the Apostle

Bernardo di Piero Ciuffagni, San MatteoThe collect for today, the Feast of St. Matthew, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962):

O ALMIGHTY God, who by thy blessed Son didst call Matthew from the receipt of custom to be an Apostle and Evangelist: Grant us grace to forsake all covetous desires and inordinate love of riches, and to follow the same thy Son Jesus Christ; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.

The Epistle: 2 Corinthians 4:1-6
The Gospel: St. Matthew 9:9-13

Artwork: Bernardo di Piero Ciuffagni, San Matteo, 1410-1415. Marble, Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Florence. Photograph taken by admin, 14 May 2010.

 

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John Coleridge Patteson

The collect for today, the commemoration of John Coleridge Patteson (1827-71), Missionary, First Bishop of Melanesia, Martyr (source):

John Coleridge Patteson, Missionary, Bishop, MartyrO God of all tribes and peoples and tongues,
who didst call thy servant John Coleridge Patteson
to witness in life and death to the gospel of Christ
amongst the peoples of Melanesia:
grant us to hear thy call to service
and to respond with trust and joy
to Jesus Christ our redeemer,
who liveth and reigneth with thee,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

The Epistle: 1 St. Peter 4:12-19
The Gospel: St. Mark 8:34-38

Click here to read more about Bishop Patteson.

Photograph of Bishop John Coleridge Patteson (c. 1867) from the National Library of New Zealand, reference number: 1/2-127104-F

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Theodore of Tarsus

St_TheodoreThe collect for today, the Feast of St Theodore of Tarsus (602-690), Archbishop of Canterbury (source):

Almighty God, who didst call thy servant Theodore of Tarsus from Rome to the see of Canterbury, and didst give him gifts of grace and wisdom to establish unity where there had been division, and order where there had been chaos: Create in thy Church, we pray, by the operation of the Holy Spirit, such godly union and concord that it may proclaim, both by word and example, the Gospel of the Prince of Peace; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

The Epistle: 2 Timothy 2:1-5,10
The Gospel: St. Matthew 24:42-47

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Sermons

Sermon for the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity

“Walk in the Spirit”

“Walk in the Spirit”, Paul bids us. “How do you read the Law?” Jesus asks before responding to the rhetorical question, “and who is my neighbour?” with the parable of the Good Samaritan.

Spirit and Flesh, Law and Grace. In the Epistle, Paul notes the opposition between the Spirit and the Flesh. In the Gospel, there is the contrast between Law and Grace. What does it all come down to? To the grace of God which causes the fruits of the Spirit to be manifest in our lives. To the grace of God which allows us to go and do as the Samaritan has done, for love is the fulfilling of the Law.

Paul elaborates on the opposition between Spirit and Flesh. It is important, I think, to be clear about what he is saying. He is not saying that the flesh, meaning the body or physical material reality, is evil. It can’t be in a Judeo-Christian and Islamic understanding since creation and everything in creation is by definition “good” and the whole of it “very good”. This is the fundamental perspective granted to us in The Book of Genesis and one which has profound consequences for how we think about good and evil.

What he teaches here is the ancient wisdom shared by Greeks, Jews, Christians and Muslims, among other religious traditions, which recognizes that the problem is about our attachments to things. This is heightened in the Christian view by seeing evil as really being about our wills, what Paul calls here “the desire of the flesh”. He provides a list of “the works of the flesh”. In every case it is about our relation to the body, to the world, and to one another, all of which involve a denial of our primary relation to God. In short, the problem is not the world or the flesh per se but our willful attachment and obsessions with the world and the flesh. From adultery to idolatry to witchcraft to wrath to drunkenness, each of the works of the flesh reveals a disordered relationship to the things of creation and, particularly, to one another, and, of course, to God. Ultimately, Paul’s list here will be given a more systematic expression in the seven deadly sins: pride, envy, wrath, sloth, avarice, gluttony, and lust.

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Events, Month at a Glance

Week at a Glance, 19-25 September

Tuesday, September 20th, Eve of St. Matthew
6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place
6:30-7:30pm Brownies’ Meeting – Parish Hall
7:00pm Holy Communion
7:30pm Christ Church Book Club: ‘Descent of The Dove’ by Charles Williams and ‘Jesus through the Centuries’ by Jaroslav Pelikan

Thursday, September 22nd
1:30-3:00pm Seniors’ Drop-In

Friday, September 23rd, Ember Friday
11:00am Holy Communion – Dykeland Lodge
3:30pm Holy Communion – Gladys Manning Home

Saturday, September 24th
7:30pm Classical Guitar Concert, Duo of Eugene Cormier and Matt Martin. Click here for more information.

Sunday, September 25th, Trinity XIV
8:00am Holy Communion
9:30am Holy Communion – KES
10:30am Morning Prayer
2:00pm AMD Service of the Deaf
4:00pm Choral Evensong at Christ Church

Upcoming Events:

Saturday, October 1st
7:00-9:00pm Newfoundland and Country Evening of Musical Entertainment – Parish Hall

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The Thirteenth Sunday After Trinity

The collect for today, the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962):

ALMIGHTY and merciful God, of whose only gift it cometh that thy faithful people do unto thee true and laudable service: Grant, we beseech thee, that we may so faithfully serve thee in this life, that we fail not finally to attain thy heavenly promises; through the merits of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle: Galatians 5:16-24
The Gospel: St. Luke 10:25-37

Rossano Gospels, Parable of the Good Samaritan

Artwork: Parable of the Good Samaritan, Illumination from the Rossano Gospels (Codex Purpureus Rossanensis), 6th century.

 

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Ninian

The collect for today, the Feast of St. Ninian (c. 360 – c. 432), Bishop of Galloway, Apostle to the Picts (source):

Saint Ninian windowAlmighty and everlasting God,
who didst call thy servant Ninian to preach the gospel
to the people of northern Britain:
raise up, we beseech thee, in this and every land,
heralds and evangelists of thy kingdom,
that thy Church may make known the immeasurable riches
of thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ,
who liveth and reigneth with thee,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

The Lesson: Isaiah 49:1-6
The Gospel: St. Matthew 28:16-20

Read more about St. Ninian here.

Artwork: Saint Ninian, stained glass, Saint Margaret’s Chapel, Edinburgh Castle. Photo taken by admin, 24 July 2004.

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Holy Cross Day

The collect for today, Holy Cross Day, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962):

O BLESSED Saviour, who by thy cross and passion hast given life unto the world: Grant that we thy servants may be given grace to take up the cross and follow thee through life and death; whom with the Father and the Holy Spirit we worship and glorify, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

With the Epistle and Gospel of Passion Sunday:
The Epistle: Philippians 2:5-11
The Gospel: St. John 12:31-36

Tiepolo, Discovery of the True Cross and St. Helena

Artwork: Giambattista Tiepolo, The Discovery of the True Cross and Saint Helena, c. 1743. Oil on canvas, Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice. (Originally in the church of the Cappuccine, Castello, Venice, now destroyed.)

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