by Thomas Ryden | Dec 27, 2014 | Advent/Christmas 2014
Christmastide GLORIA IN PROFUNDIS (Chorus from an Unfinished Play) by G.K. ChestertonThere has fallen on the earth a token A god too great for the sky. He has burst out of all things and broken The bounds of eternity: Into time and the terminal land He has strayed...
by Thomas Ryden | Dec 25, 2014 | Advent/Christmas 2014
Merry Christmas! On all days and at all times, dearly beloved, does the birth of our Lord and Saviour from the Virgin-mother occur to the thoughts of the faithful, who meditate on divine things, that the mind may be aroused to the acknowledgment of its...
by Thomas Ryden | Dec 24, 2014 | Advent/Christmas 2014
Advent Reflections Waiting, Remembering, Adoring by Lauren Surber December 24: AM Psalm 45, 46; Isaiah 35:1-10; Revelation 22:12-17,21; Luke 1:67-80 On a cold night in the desert, the nation of Israel waits as it has for 400 years. The Hebrew people cry out, echoing...
by Thomas Ryden | Dec 23, 2014 | Advent/Christmas 2014
Advent Reflections Waiting in Love by Jason Bintz December 23: AM Psalm 66, 67; PM Psalm 116, 117; Isaiah 11:10-16; Revelation 20:11-21:8; Luke 1:5-25 “It seems to me that the fully trusting heart is the one that, enthralled by the infinite power of Divine Love,...
by Jack King | Dec 22, 2014 | Advent/Christmas 2014
Advent Reflections The Fruit from Jesse’s Tree by The Rev. Jack King Isaiah 11.1-9; Psalm 61, 62; Revelation 20.1-10; John 5.30-47 With the final Sunday of Advent complete, we have three days until we celebrate the nativity of Jesus. But these final days of...
by Thomas Ryden | Dec 22, 2014 | Advent/Christmas 2014
Advent Reflections Restoration by The Rev. David Freels December 22: AM Psalm 61, 62; PM Psalm 112, 115; Isaiah 11:1-9; Revelation 20:1-10; John 5:30-47 The picture above is of the farmhouse on Amherst Rd. which belonged to my great aunts Helen and Margaret. I spent a...
