Month: November 2022

November 27, 2022, First Sunday of Advent: Isaiah 2:1-5; Romans 13:11-14; Matthew 24:36-44; Psalm 122 It’s the first Sunday of Advent, and as happens every year, the readings try to shock us with the coming of something new. It’s not entirely clear what it is, as the Hebrew scriptures and the New Testament have rather…

Last Sunday of Pentecost, 20 November 2022: Jeremiah 23:1-6; Canticle 16; Colossians 1:11-20; Luke 23:33-43 It’s the end of the year (for the church at least!) and as we do in the world, we glance back but mostly look forward.  Jeremiah promises that the Lord will both “attend” to the evildoers who have scattered his…

November 13, 2022, 23rd Sunday after Pentecost: Isaiah 65:17-25; Canticle 9 (Isaiah 12:2-6); 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13; Luke 21:5-19 “As for these things that you see, the days will come when not one stone will be left upon another; all will be thrown down.” I think one of the most difficult things to accept is that…

November 6, 2022, Feast of All Saints: Daniel 7:1-3,15-18; Psalm 149;Ephesians 1:11-23; Luke 6:20-31 “The holy ones of the Most High shall receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom for ever—for ever and ever.” (Daniel 7:18) The celebration of All Saints is powerful, with the reminder of those who have gone before us. We remember…