Monday, February 4th
4:45-5:15pm Confirmation/Inquirer’s Class – KES
Tuesday, February 5th
6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place
Thursday, February 7th
6:30-7:30pm Sparks – Parish Hall
Friday, February 8th
6:00-9:00pm Pathfinders & Rangers – Parish Hall
Sunday, February 10th, Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany
8:00am Holy Communion
10:30am Holy Communion, followed by Potluck Luncheon & Annual Parish Meeting in the Hall
The collect for today, the Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962):
O GOD, who knowest us to be set in the midst of so many and great dangers, that by reason of the frailty of our nature we cannot always stand upright: Grant to us such strength and protection, as may support us in all dangers, and carry us through all temptations; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle: Romans 13:1-7
The Gospel: St. Mark 4:35-41
Artwork: Eugene Delacroix, Christ on the Sea of Galilee, 1854. Oil on canvas, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
The collect for today, The Presentation of Christ in the Temple, commonly called The Purification of Saint Mary the Virgin (also traditionally called Candlemas), from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962):
ALMIGHTY and everliving God, we humbly beseech thy Majesty, that, as thy only-begotten Son was this day presented in the temple in substance of our flesh, so we may be presented unto thee with pure and clean hearts, by the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Lesson: Malachi 3:1-5
The Gospel: St. Luke 2:22-40
Artwork: Stefan Lochner, Presentation of Christ in the Temple, 1447. Mixed media on oak panel, Hessisches Landesmuseum (Hessian State Museum), Darmstadt.