A VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS, a Devotion for 17 January 2019 Anno Domini The Anglican Orthodox Communion Worldwide “ And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? 20 And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. 21 And [...]
CALLING AND ELECTION, a Devotion for 16 January 2019 Anno Domini The Anglican Orthodox Communion Worldwide “And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; 7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. 8 For [...]
JERUSALEM, MY HAPPY HOME (#585) – a Hymn Devotion for 15 January 2019 Anno Domini Anglican Orthodox Communion Worldwide “And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. 2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, [...]
Anglican Orthodox Church Worldwide Communion First Sunday after the Epiphany Sunday Report Today was the first Sunday after the Epiphany: The Epiphany, or the Manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles What a long title for a simple thought. The Epiphany is the title of the feast recalling the arrival of [...]
Anglican Orthodox Communion Worldwide The Holy Gospel Luke 2:41-52 41 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover. 42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. 43 And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried [...]
(Gospel from Evening Prayer Lectionary) The Anglican Orthodox Communion Worldwide “And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them [...]
(Evening Lectionary) Anglican Orthodox Communion Worldwide “Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples; And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God! And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What [...]
FROM GLORY TO GLORY ADVANCING (492), a Hymn Devotion for 8 January 2019 Anno Domini Anglican Orthodox Communion Worldwide “Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech: 13 And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the [...]
Today was: The Epiphany, or the Manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles What a long title for a simple thought. The Epiphany is the title of the feast recalling the arrival of the Magi to pay homage to the Lord Jesus. Epiphany means revealing or becoming aware. Our Lord was revealed first to the Hebrews [...]
THE EPIPHANY or the Manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles. [January 6.] The Collect. O GOD, who by the leading of a star didst manifest thy only-begotten Son to the Gentiles; Mercifully grant that we, who know thee now by faith, may after this life have the fruition of thy glorious Godhead; through the same thy [...]