Readings and Reflections for Trinity Sunday
Isaiah 6:1-8 Romans 8:12-17 John 3:1-17 Dear Friends, In Isaiah’s vision of God, the prophet is transported to the Holy presence of the living God! Even as he sees his own frailty and…
Readings and Reflections for the Day of Pentecost
Ezekiel 37:1-14 (or Acts 2:1-21) Psalm 104: 25-35,37 Romans 8:22-27 John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 Dear Friends, Ezekiel 37 describes the “Valley of Dry Bones” – an “image parable” which represents the people…
Readings and Reflections for the Seventh Sunday of Easter
Acts 1:15-17, 21-26 1 John 5:9-13 John 17:6-19 Dear Friends, John 17 allows us to “eavesdrop” as Jesus prays for his disciples in anticipation of his death, resurrection and ascension. They will be “in the world”…
Readings and Reflections for the Sixth Sunday of Easter
Acts 10:44-48 1 John 5:1-6 John 15:9-17 Dear Friends, In John’s Gospel we hear the “secret” of Jesus’ own joy, a joy that he wants to share with his disciples. We are…
Readings and Reflections for the Fourth Sunday of Easter
Acts 4:5-12 Psalm 23 1 John 3:16-24 John 10:11-18 Dear Friends, John 10:11-18: This Sunday is sometimes called “Good Shepherd” Sunday. We turn to John’s Gospel as it describes Jesus…
Readings and Reflections for the Third Sunday of Easter
Acts 3:12-19 1 John 3:1-7 Luke 24:36b-48 Dear Friends, Luke 24:36b-48: We look once again at Jesus as he appears to his disciples and see the common (and understandable!) pattern…
Readings and Reflections for Easter Sunday
Isaiah 25:6-9 Acts 10:34-43 Mark 16:1-8 Dear Friends, Isaiah 25:6-9: The prophet looks forward to the day when death is swallowed up, tears washed away, all disgrace and mourning taken away…
Readings and Reflections for the Third Sunday in Lent
Exodus 20:1-17 Psalm 19 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 John 2:13-22 Dear Friends, This Sunday in Lent gives us the Ten Commandments as written in Exodus 20. It is easy to see that the “weight”…
Solemn Communion 2018
Sunday February 11th was a big day here at St. Matthew’s. During our 9:00 worship service, we celebrated both of the dominical sacraments, Baptism and the Eucharist. While every Eucharist…
Confirmation 2018
On February 4, 16 young men and women took the step to re-affirm their baptisms during the 10:30 a.m. service. With the help of mentors and the rector,…