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Easter Even: A Memra for Easter - Joshua Harper

3/31/2018

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Great Vigil of Easter Readings:

at the Vigil
Genesis 1:1-2:3 (Psalm 136)
Genesis 22:1-18 (Psalm 16)
Exodus 14:10-15:1 (Song of Moses)
Ezekiel 37:1-14 (Psalm 143)

at Holy Communion
Romans 6:3-11
Psalm 114
Mark 16:1-8

Guest Preacher: The Rev. Dr. Joshua Harper, US based missionary with SIM and a Deacon in the Anglican Church in North America

Cover art: detail from "The Resurrection of Christ" by Peter Paul Rubens, oil on board, Cathedral of our Lady, Antwerp, Belgium

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Christmas Day: On the Nativity

12/25/2017

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The above sermon was originally preached by St. Gregory of Nazianzus (c. 329 - 390), Archbishop of Constantinople, on Christmas Day, 380 in the Cathedral Church of the Holy Apostles in what is now Istanbul, Turkey. Among his audience that day was the Roman Emperor Theodosius I. The sermon was read publicly in Constantinople every Christmas for the next 1,000 years. It is the 38th of his collected Orations.

Nativity of the Lord Readings (focus text in bold):

Isaiah 52:7-12
Psalm 98
Hebrews 1:1-12
John 1:1-14

Cover art: icon of the Nativity of the Lord

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