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The Daily Office readings for the week may be found HERE. (Set printer to "landscape", print the page, place in your Bible.)

 

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July 25, 2010

The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost

 

 

 

The readings are here.

 

 

 

Just Ask

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July 25, 2010:  The theme or prayer runs all through Luke's gospel, said Rev. Alice in her sermon this morning.  In today's gospel reading, Jesus gives us both a model for prayer (the Lord's Prayer, remarkable for it's brevity and completeness) and a story to illustrate it (the Parable of the Importunate Guest, a.k.a. the Annoying Neighbor).  Two things to remember about prayer: we are to always ask, even if it seems hopeless; and that God always answers prayer.  Although God's ideas about what we need often differ from what we think, the ultimate and constant answer to prayer is the Holy Spirit, the presence of God-with-us.  Rev. Alice illustrated this with James Taylor's song "You've Got a Friend", the lyrics of which read like a love letter to us from God.  She said that the take-away phrase from this sermon should be "Just Ask".

 

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

FOOD PANTRY OFFERING SUGGESTIONS:  Food Pantry suggestions for Sunday, August 1 - We are in great need of Pasta, Peanut butter, and Cereal.  BOTH OUR FOOD PANTRY AND THE CT FOOD BANK ARE LOW ON FOOD- PLEASE HELP.

 

COMMUNITY SUPPER PROGRAM (CSP): This Monday, July 26, Calvary St. George's is hosting the meal for the CSP. We could use some volunteers to help prepare the meal and serve from 5-6 PM. If interested, please speak directly to Guy or Lois.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July 18, 2010

The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost

 

 

 

The readings are here.

 

 

One thing is necessary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July 18, 2010:  As a working wife and mother of three sons, Reverend Alice confessed to having a sneaking sympathy for Martha in today's gospel reading.  After all, Martha was providing hospitality to guests, a key duty in the society of the time.  Her sister Mary, on the other hand, flouted convention by usurping the place of a (male) student at the master's feet.  Yet Mary was praised and Martha gently chastised.  Luke's gospel makes clear that Jesus expected his followers to do practical works of charity- this story follows immediately upon that of the Good Samaritan.  Also, a basic theme of Luke is that women have a vital role to play in the kingdom.  Jesus emphasized the priority of our relationship to God, and Mary's behavior showed she understood that.  There is a time to be and a time to do, and the point is to know the difference.  Mary did.

 

 

 

DIVINE INTERVENTION?  Today's Holy Eucharist, which was held outdoors again, was punctuated by a small parade of Boy Scouts and their parents, who stepped out to the rhythms of a uniformed drum corps down Clinton Avenue. Rev. Alice paused the liturgy, we watched and waved for a few minutes, and then she began the Eucharistic Prayer. At the moment she held up the bread for the words of consecration, the bells from the Catholic church a block away began to peal.  We couldn't have timed it better if we tried.

 

 

 

 

Have a look at some pictures of the Barnum Festival Parade taken by Bill Alderman.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July 11, 2010

The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

 

 

The readings are here.

 

 

 

The Holy Eucharist was celebrated outdoors in the Garden Chapel today.

 

 

 

A beautiful day in the neighborhood

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July 11, 2010-  Rev. Alice preached on the famous story of the Good Samaritan, so well known that her nephew suggested she just read the story and skip the sermon (she did not). In fact, it is Jesus' response to a question in a similar context: "I am to love my neighbor, but who is my neighbor?"  Jesus' answer hinges on the unexpected.  Those who might have been expected to offer help did not do so, but rather it was the outcast who acted as a good neighbor.  Our neighbors are not neighbors because they are good, or bad.  Rather, despite Mr. Roger's invitation in his song, they are a given, the people who are simply there in our lives.  Our call is to be good neighbors to them: to make it, if you will, "A beautiful day in the neighborhood".

 

 

We welcome into the household of God this day

 

Isonette A'aliyah Santiago-Gagliano

and

Taina Marie Santiago-Gagliano

 

renewing with them our Baptismal Covenant.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July 4, 2010

The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

(Independence Day)

 

 

The readings are here.

 

 

 

 

 

How firm a foundation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July 4, 2010- Today, Rev. Alice revived a Christian tradition that is at least a thousand years old, the mystery play. She wrote a humorous verse presentation of the story of Naaman, the subject of today's first reading, artfully interpreted by the Calvary St. George Players.

For the slave girl in the story, as for us, God is foundational.  And for Christians, Jesus Christ is the cornerstone that sits firmly on this foundation.  Sometimes standing on this foundation is risky- what would have happened to the slave girl if Naaman had not been cured? Our country itself is ultimately built on this foundation, and when we remember this and act on these principles, we continue as a great nation.

 

 

 

 

NEW:  This website now contains links to two excellent pamphlets about the Episcopal Church, published by Forward Movement Publications.  Click on their cover images to read them.

 

 

            

 

 

 

 

 

 

"America, America, God shed his grace on thee; and crown thy good with brotherhood, from sea to shining sea."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart (Ps 37)