Fourth Sunday of the Epiphany – View from the Pews – January 28, 2024
I share with you a reflection from the Gospel reading for today, Mark 1:21-28. In Mark 1:21-28, we hear of Jesus teaching as a voice of authority rather than as […]
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Views From the Pews – Sunday, January 21, 2024
I share with you a reflection from the Gospel reading for today, Mark 1:14-20. Jesus called the first disciples, but there had to be a response to that call. When […]
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Views From the Pews – January 14, 2024
Brother’s & Sisters, January is the season for Congregational Meetings. It is the time for each congregation to review its activities over the previous year, and to lay out its […]
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Reflections on the First Sunday After the Epiphany by The Rev. Lisa G. Fischbeck
“Thus says God, the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people upon […]
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Views from the Pews – Christmas Sunday 2023
Brothers & Sisters We are still in the Christmas Season and one of the features of our celebration is the abundance of lights that can be seen at nights decorating […]
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Message for Christmas Day 2023
Brothers and Sisters:We celebrate on December 25 th each year the Feast of theNativity. We observe it as the day on which the Blessed Virgin Mary gave birth to Jesus, […]
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Reflection from the Gospel reading for today: Luke 1:26-38
The long-awaited Messiah, God’s promised Saviour, the divinely appointed King, was the hope of the world. For centuries, Jewish women hoped they might be the mother of the Messiah. Although […]
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Views From The Pews – Third Sunday of Advent – December 17, 2023
Reflection from the Gospel reading for today: John 1:6-8, 19-28 There are, today’s gospel suggests, two ways of approaching life and God’s presence in the world. One way is demonstrated […]
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Message for the Second Sunday of Advent
Reflections from the Gospel reading for today: Mark 1:1-8 – “John the Baptist prepares the Way.” A child of the desert, John grew up and lived as a hermit in […]
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Message for Missionary Sunday, December 3, 2023
Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Today we celebrate Missionary Sunday in the Meadowbrook/ Merrivale Cure. There is little on-going discussion, if any, on the Jamaica Church Missionary Society (JCMS), its […]