NOTE: It is interesting to observe that THREE appeared on the Mount of Transfiguration - Moses, Elijah, and Jesus. All three had fasted forty days and forty nights: Moses (Exodus 34:28), Elijah (1 Kings 19:18) and Jesus (Matt 4:2). Moses fasted as the giver of Law, Elijah as representing the prophets, and Christ as [...]
Anglican Orthodox Church Worldwide Communion First Sunday in Lent Sunday Report Today was the First Sunday in Lent. On Point Someone asked, where do the quotes come from? The answer is from the people who uttered them. But, how did you find them? Oh, that. Some from Bishop Jerry, many from Rev Bryan [...]
Gospel of St Matthew 4:1-11 1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command [...]
Gospel Lesson for the Day - John 8:12-20, 31-36 “Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. 13The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not [...]
Gospel text from Lectionary for the Day: “Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. 2And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them. 3And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they [...]
Anglican Orthodox Church OFFICE OF THE PRESIDING BISHOP P.O. Box 128 Statesville, N.C. 28687 Phone: 704-873-8365 Email: aocworldwide@anglicanorthodoxchurch.org Website: www.aocinternational.org Bishop’s Letter for Ash Wednesday September 17, 2021Anno Domini This Ash Wednesday will be a time of deep reflection on the benefits and provisions of God, but also for our abject failure [...]
A Devotion for 16 February 2021 Anno Domini, the Anglican Orthodox Communion Worldwide “The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's [...]
Anglican Orthodox Church Worldwide Communion, Quinquagesima, Sunday Report Today was Quinquagesima, (explanation of the origin of the word near the end of the report), which is the Sunday next before Lent. This Sunday we talk about charity or love, read this first: http://www.learnthebible.org/charity-or-love.html On Point Someone asked, where do the quotes come [...]
31 Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished. 32 For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on: 33 And they [...]
A Devotion for 12 February 2021 Anno Domini, the Anglican Orthodox Communion Worldwide “Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it, and will do it.” (Ezekiel 22:14; all scripture quoted is from the King James Version) The question [...]