Readings for Pentecost Sunday (focus text in bold):

Numbers 11:24-30 - The Spirit of the Lord descends upon the chosen elders of Israel.
Psalm 104:24-34 - "O Lord, how manifold are thy works!"
Acts 2:1-11 - "And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost"
John 14:15-31a - "Jesus said unto his disciples, 'If ye love me, keep my commandments, and I shall pray my Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever.'"

Sermon by the Rev. Adam Rick
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Cover art: "Pentecost Sun," Pentecost Mosaic, Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis

Readings for the Sunday after Ascension (focus text in bold):

Psalm 68:1-10, 32-35 - He is the God that maketh men to be of one mind
1 Peter 4:7-11 - above all things, have fervent love among yourselves
Romans 14:1-9, 12-15 - welcome each other, and do not quarrel over opinions *

* Today's second lesson deviates from the lectionary; on this Sunday before we re-gather in person for the first time, Fr. Adam offers these words from Paul's exhortation in Romans 14 to help prepare us spiritually to move forward together at a time when opinions are diverse in the parish. 

Sermon by the Rev. Adam Rick

Cover art: The Ascension, by John Singleton Copley, 1775, oil on canvas, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Readings for Ascension Day:
Psalm 47- "God is gone up with a merry noise, and the Lord with the sound of the trump. O sing praises, sing praises unto our God"
Daniel 7: 9-14 - "I saw in the night visions, and behold, one like the Son of Man came with the clouds of heaven,"
Acts 1:1-11 - "And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight."

Sermon by the Rev. Adam Rick

Cover art: Coptic icon of the Ascension by Isaac Fanous, Sts Peter and Paul Coptic Orthodox Church, Bixby, Oklahoma

Readings for Easter 5 (focus text in bold): 

Psalm 19 - "The statutes of the Lord are right and rejoice the heart... more to be desired are they than gold"
Deuteronomy 4:5-9 - Keep God's statues; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations
James 1:22-27 - Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only

Sermon by the Rev. Adam Rick

Cover art: "The Church in Cornwall: Rogation Day Procession" William Holt Yates Titcomb, 1906, oil on canvas, The Wilson, Cheltenham, England

Readings for Easter 4 (focus text in bold):

Psalm 116:1-8
James 1:17-21
John 16:5-15

Sermon by the Rev. Timothy Taylor

Cover art: Holy Spirit fresco, by Johann Michael Rottmayr, 1714, Karlskirche, Vienna

Readings for Easter 2 (focus text in bold):

Psalm 23
Ezekiel 34:11-16
1 Peter 2:19-25
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Sermon by the Rev. Adam Rick

Cover Art: Jesus and the Lamb, by Katherine Brown (b. 1948)