padrewarren on November 30th, 2009

Monday of the first week of Advent
Psalms 1, 2, and 3
Amos 2:6-16
2 Peter 1:1-11
Matthew 21:1-11
It’s always jarring when we read a passage we associate with Holy Week during Advent.  Our gospel passage tells of the entry into Jerusalem—a Palm Sunday text.  What is that doing here?
But even though we wait for the coming of the [...]

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padrewarren on November 30th, 2009

November 30, 2009
First Monday after Advent 1
The Feast of St. Andrew the Apostle

Matthew 4:18-22
Most biographical notes on the Apostle begin “Andrew was Simon Peter’s  brother,” and he is so described in the Gospels. Identifying Andrew as Peter’s brother makes it easy to know who he is, but it also makes it easy to overlook the [...]

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padrewarren on November 29th, 2009

First Sunday of Advent

Year C
RCL

Sermon Audio for November 29, 2009-The Rev’d Warren Hicks
Jeremiah 33:14-16
Psalm 25:1-9
1 Thessalonians 3:9-13
Luke 21:25-36

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padrewarren on November 29th, 2009

Dear Folks,
Throughout Advent, I’ll be posting the reflections of parishioners and friends of St. Luke’s Church in Worcester that are part of our e-devotions for the Advent Season.  Here follows our first offering.
The season of Advent, the time of preparation for the coming of Christ at Christmas and the start of the liturgical year in [...]

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padrewarren on November 25th, 2009

Last Sunday after Pentecost
Christ the King

Proper 29
Year B
RCL

Sermon Audio-November 22, 2009 by the Rev’d Warren E. Hicks
2 Samuel 23:1-7
Psalm 132:1-13, (14-19)
Revelation 1:4b-8
John 18:33-37

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