The Lessons Appointed for Use on All Saints’ Day Year A RCL Christ Catholic Church Province of the Prince of Peace Revelation 7:9-17Psalm 34:1-10, 221 John 3:1-3Matthew 5:1-12 The Collect Almighty God, you have knit together your elect in one communion and fellowship in the mystical body of your Son…
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Sunday closest to October 26 Year A Proper 25 RCL: Loving What He Commands
Christ Catholic Church The Lessons Appointed for Use on the Sunday closest to October 26 Year A Proper 25 RCL The Collect Almighty and everlasting God, increase in us the gifts of faith, hope, and charity; and, that we may obtain what you promise, make us love what you command;…
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Sunday closest to October 19 Year A Proper 24 RCL: Whose Image Do We Bear?
The Lessons Appointed for Use on the Sunday closest to October 19 Year A Proper 24 RCL The Collect Almighty and everlasting God, in Christ you have revealed your glory among the nations: Preserve the works of your mercy, that your Church throughout the world may persevere with steadfast faith…
Finding the Pearl in the Unfinished Story
Sunday closest to July 27Proper 12Year ARCL Genesis 29:15-28Psalm 128Romans 8:26-39Matthew 13:31-33,44-52 Finding the Pearl in the Unfinished StoryBy +Brian Ernest Brown, CWC We spend so much of our lives waiting for things to turn out the way we planned. We map out our careers, our families, and our spiritual…
The Rest We Cannot Earn
Sunday Closest to July 6Proper 9Year ARCL Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67Psalm 45: 11-18Romans 7:15-25aMatthew 11:16-19, 25-30 The Rest We Cannot Earn By +Brian Ernest Brown, CWC Every single one of us knows what it feels like to be completely exhausted from the inside out. I am not just talking about…
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Jesus Called Out Political Leaders of His Day – Be Like Jesus
Jesus Called Out Political Leaders of His Day – Be Like Jesus By +Brian Ernest Brown, CWC Psalm 82 A Psalm of Asaph. 1God has taken his place in the divine council;in the midst of the gods he holds judgment: 2 “How long will you judge unjustlyand show partiality to…
Bound on the Altar and Freed by Grace
Sunday Closest to June 29Proper 8Year ARCL Genesis 22:1-14Psalm 13Romans 6:12-23Matthew 10:40-42 Bound on the Altar and Freed by Grace By +Brian Ernest Brown, CWC We spend an enormous amount of our lives trying to calculate the cost of our commitments. We look at our careers, our marriages, our finances,…
Found in the Desert and Free from the Tomb
Sunday Closest to June 22Proper 7Year ARCL Genesis 21:8-21Psalm 86:1-10, 16-17Romans 6:1b-11Matthew 10:24-39 Found in the Desert and Free from the Tomb By +Brian Ernest Brown, CWC Every single one of us has a deep, underlying fear of being completely cast out. We fear being excluded from our social circles,…
The Power of Impossible Hope
Sunday closest to June 15Proper 6Year ARCL Genesis 18:1-15, (21:1-7)Psalm 116:1, 10-17Romans 5:1-8Matthew 9:35-10:8(9-23) The Power of Impossible Hope By +Brian Ernest Brown, CWC We have all had moments where we looked at our lives or the world around us and decided that certain things were just completely impossible. We…
Caught Up in the Divine Dance
First Sunday after Pentecost:Trinity SundayYear ARCL Caught Up in the Divine Dance By +Brian Ernest Brown, CWC Every single one of us has looked up at the night sky at some point in our lives, away from the city lights, and felt completely small. You look at the vast expanse…