The Beautiful Tree of Christmas ~ by Bishop Jerry L. Ogles, Anglican Orthodox Church

My recent devotions have been a study of the Book of Revelation, but I will pause that series until after the upcoming holidays so that we can concentrate on the beauty and meaning of them. The Beautiful Tree of Christmas is a devotion I wrote for the Logos of St. Andrews back in 2003. I [...]

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ON JORDAN’S BANK THE BAPTIST’S CRY

“I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.” John 1:23 (KJV)   This is a Latin Hymn of Advent written by Charles Coffin (1736) and translated by John Chandler in 1837.  The recommended tune in the Hymnal is Winchester New (William [...]

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171203 AOC Sunday Report

Today was the First Sunday in Advent.  This is the first day of the new “liturgical year”[1], a New Year’s Day, so to speak. 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, [...]

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Sermon Notes, 1st Sunday in Advent, 3 December 2017 Anno Domini, St Andrews Anglican Orthodox Church

PRAYER of COLLECT   ALMIGHTY God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall [...]

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REVELATIONS, PART XXIII, Rev 9, 13-21

“And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,  Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.  And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, [...]

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COME THOU LONG EXPECTED JESUS (#1),

“For thus saith the Lord of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;  And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord [...]

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171126 AOC Sunday Report

Today was the Sunday next before Advent.  The last very Sunday in the liturgical year and what has seemed an almost everlasting Green Season;V this past Thursday was Thanksgiving Day.   Thanksgiving Day I do recommend and assign Thursday ... next to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that [...]

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Sermon Notes for Sunday Next before Advent Season 26 November 2017 Anno Domini

The Collect Sunday Next before Advent STIR up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people; that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works, may by thee be plenteously rewarded; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.   5 When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come [...]

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REVELATION, PART XXI,

“The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.  And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the [...]

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171119 AOC Sunday Report

  Today is the Twenty-Third Sunday after Trinity in the Endless Green Season, the next to the last one this year.   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 [...]

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