Posts

Showing posts with the label Lamb of God

Sunday - Epiphany 1

Image
Jesus - Wiki Commons Images Highlights & Mini-Bible Study Book of Common Praye r | Daily Office Reading First Sunday after Epiphany The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth. John 1:14 | Enriching Our Worship 1, p.18 Pray this way or this way or this way or this way or this way . Alternatives Readings Today | Thursday  | 4 January 2017 | Ps. 46, 47; Ephesians 3:1-14; John 1:29-34 Psalm 46 I will sing praises to God forever, God keeps and protects all that need the Lord. Ephesians 3 | Background Paul writes in the late 50s a.d./c.e. - We are blessed and are chosen; we are God’s children; We are redeemed; We know God’s will; Our inheritance is in Christ. John 1 | Background John the Baptist sees Jesus and declares him to be the Lamb of God; Who takes away the sin of the world; This is the Son of God. S: HS+; Book of Common Prayer; Mission St Clare; The Episcopal Church in Garrett Count...

Sunday - Pentecost 15 - Proper 17

Image
http://catholicism.about.com/od/catholicliving/qt/The_Beatitudes.htm Highlights and Reflections Daily Office Readings | Book of Common Prayer - written in the 1970s Week after the 15th Sunday after Pentecost - Proper 17 Today | Sunday | 28 August 2016 | 15th Sunday after Pentecost Ps. 148 149 150; Ps. 114 115; Job 11:1–9 13–20; Rev. 5:1–14; Matt. 5:1–12 Psalm 148 | Hymn A third hymn of Praise; Praise the Lord from every fiber of the creation and the Earth. Job 11 Zophar raves at Job at Job’s word for Z know that God knows J to be a secret sinner and thereby just in giving this punishment on him; From Z’s point of view - God just looks for sinners. How sad for Z. Revelation 5 A picture of the heavenly throne and the question of who is worthy to open the scroll of the world of God; no one from the heavenly court steps forward; Jesus takes it and everyone sings praises to the Lamb. Matthew 5 Jesus teaches/preaches the Sermon of the Mount to the crowd and listed...

Wednesday after Epiphany 1

Opening Sentence Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising. Isaiah 60:3 Read | Wednesday | 13 January 2016 | Ps. 119:1–24; Ps. 12 13 14; Gen. 4:1–16; Heb. 2:11–18; John 1: (29–34) 35–42 Reflection | Psalm 119  -  Literary type | Free Composition  |  click here Happy are they who do not do wrong and keep the commandments of God; I will thank you when I learned your will; Keep the words of the Lord; blessed are you, O Lord. Genesis 4 - Cain and Abel - work,  jealously, murder, banishment, exile, but mercy.   Hebrews 2 - We are set free from death through Jesus coming to us; he knows how we are tested and then is merciful John 1 - John exclaims that Jesus is the Lamb of God; Andrew brought Peter to Jesus; you will be call Cephas which is Rock. Today - What name are you called by? Jesus calls you by name. Source |  Morning Office in Audio |   Click here  |  ...

Day 270 - Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Image
Read | Day 270 | Sunday | September 27 | Mark 1: 12-13 Matthew 4: 1-11 Luke 4: 1-15 John 1: 19-28, 29-34, 35-51 John 2: 1-12, 13-25 By COPTS (Own work)  [CC BY-SA 3.0  (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Background | John | The Center for Biblical Studies |  John’s Gospel is quite different from the synoptic Gospels, both in terms of content and style. In fact, most of what John reports is not found in the other three Gospels. Where there is some overlap (for example, especially in the arrest, trial, and crucifixion of Jesus) John’s scenes are still entirely his own. This raises the obvious question of how and why John is so unique. The three “synoptic Gospels” certainly have distinctive elements, but all three basically tell the same story of Jesus in its rough outline. John, however, reports Jesus going places, doing things, and saying things that are not found elsewhere in the New Testament. Scholars are in general agreeme...