by fkeene | Jun 4, 2023 | Meditation and Prayer, Reflections & Bulletins
CALL TO GATHER FOR WORSHIP Celebrant ☩ Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. People And blessed be his kingdom, now and forever. Amen. Almighty God, to you all hearts are open, all desires known, and from you no secrets are hidden: Cleanse the thoughts...
by fkeene | Jun 4, 2023 | Meditation and Prayer, Reflections & Bulletins
SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST Celebrant ☩ Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. People And blessed be his kingdom, now and forever. Amen. Almighty God, to you all hearts are open, all desires known, and from you no secrets are hidden:...
by fkeene | May 14, 2023 | Meditation and Prayer, Reflections & Bulletins
SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER May 14, 2023 Springwell Holy Eucharist A Meditation And baptism now saves you—not as a removal of dirt from the body, but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven and is at the...
by fkeene | Apr 30, 2023 | Meditation and Prayer, Reflections & Bulletins
FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER April 30, 2023 Springwell Holy Eucharist A Meditation Jesus has spent about three years on the road with his chosen followers (both men and women). Two days before, his followers, his detractors, the religious and secular antagonists, and...
by fkeene | Apr 26, 2023 | Meditation and Prayer, Reflections & Bulletins
Third Sunday of Easter April 23, 2023 Springwell Holy Eucharist A Meditation Biblical scholars—be they in the academy, in writing and letters, or faithfully worshipping before the altar—have often adopted an attitude that religious truth is foreordained. Over...
by fkeene | Apr 7, 2023 | Meditation and Prayer, Reflections & Bulletins
GOOD FRIDAY 2023 Springwell Senior Living And by his bruises we are healed April 7, 2023 Ministers enter in silence. A time of silent prayer follows. OPENING ACCLAMATION Celebrant Blessed be our God People Forever and ever. Amen. Celebrant Let us pray. Almighty...
by fkeene | Apr 6, 2023 | Meditation and Prayer, Reflections & Bulletins
MAUNDY THURSDAY Do This in Remembrance of Me April 6, 2023 A MEDITATION It’s astonishing—how provoked by Jesus the disciples were by his act of humble servanthood when he wanted to wash their feet. Simon Peter argued with Jesus, almost to the point of storming out of...
by fkeene | Apr 1, 2023 | Meditation and Prayer, Reflections & Bulletins
Palm and Passion Sunday April 2, 2023 Springwell Senior Living A Meditation When I was a child, Palm Sunday and Passion Sunday were two separate Sundays. Palm Sunday was rather playful as we children had fun with the palms, an invitation to some anarchy. I could hear...
by fkeene | Mar 26, 2023 | Meditation and Prayer, Reflections & Bulletins
THE FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT March 26, 2023 Springwell Holy Communion A MEDITATION There God goes again: creating something new—raising a very dead man to one very much alive. Imagine God’s cheekiness. Well, many of us would like God to let up on his “new business.” We’ve...
by fkeene | Mar 19, 2023 | Meditation and Prayer, Reflections & Bulletins
A MEDITATION So, sabbath. As reflected in the gospel, a crucial aspect of being Jewish. Jesus was followed around, and hectors by Jewish officials for breaking the Sabbath. The principal indictment was that he cured on the Sabbath. Jesus’ rejoinder that is it was...
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