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January 29: The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany

For we are brought to an end by your anger; by your wrath we are dismayed. You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence. For all our days pass away under your wrath; we bring our years to an end like a sigh. The years of our [...]

January 22: The Third Sunday after the Epiphany

The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. –Psalm 23:1-3 I’ve met many people in the end stages of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, who can [...]

January 15: The Second Sunday after the Epiphany

For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment. –Psalm 51:3-4 We should add this passage to the “Often Misunderstood” stack. Most everyone [...]

January 8: The Sunday of the Baptism of Our Lord

Oh, fear the Lord, you his saints, for those who fear him have no lack! The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing. Come, O children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord. –Psalm 34:9-11 I recently happened to hear Piers [...]