Did you catch this year's opening of the triptych? Closed annually on Ash Wednesday, it is reopened at the end of Lent during the Gloria at the Easter Vigil. An image of the Risen Christ reaches out to his people flanked by small statuettes of St. Ambrose, St. Gregory the Great, St. Augustine of Hippo and St. Jerome.
Ecclus. 10:1-18
A Reading from the Wisdom of Ben Sira.
Awise magistrate educates his people, and the rule of an intelligent person is well ordered. As the people's judge is, so are his officials; as the ruler of the city is, so are all its inhabitants. An undisciplined king ruins his people, but a city becomes fit to live in through the understanding of its rulers. The government of the earth is in the hand of the Lord, and over it he will raise up the right leader for the time. Human success is in the hand of the Lord, and it is he who confers honor upon the lawgiver. Do not get angry with your neighbor for every injury, and do not resort to acts of insolence. Arrogance is hateful to the Lord and to mortals, and injustice is outrageous to both. Sovereignty passes from nation to nation on account of injustice and insolence and wealth. How can dust and ashes be proud? Even in life the human body decays. A long illness baffles the physician; the king of today will die tomorrow. For when one is dead he inherits maggots and vermin and worms. The beginning of human pride is to forsake the Lord; the heart has withdrawn from its Maker. For the beginning of pride is sin, and the one who clings to it pours out abominations. Therefore the Lord brings upon them unheard-of calamities, and destroys them completely. The Lord overthrows the thrones of rulers, and enthrones the lowly in their place. The Lord plucks up the roots of the nations, and plants the humble in their place. The Lord lays waste the lands of the nations, and destroys them to the foundations of the earth. He removes some of them and destroys them, and erases the memory of them from the earth. Pride was not created for human beings, or violent anger for those born of women.
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
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All Saints Sunday
Join us on Sunday, November 5th to honor and celebrate our dearly departed loved ones in a very special way at our 9 am service. We invite you to bring a photo or memento of your loved one and place it on the High Altar near the Blessed Sacrament. For the entire month of November, the items will be displayed on a special altar of remembrance in the style of Latin American folk culture.
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Join us tomorrow for a single service at 9 a.m., followed by a brunch and a conversation with the Rev. Dr. Eric Law in our Parish Hall.
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Sermon for the twentieth Sunday after Pentecost by the Reverend James Lee Walker, from St. John's Cathedral, Los Angeles.
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Tomorrow, the Rev. James Lee Walker will be our guest preacher at both our 8 am and 10 am services. Fr. Walker invites you to gather after the 10 am service for a further discussion of Lay Ministry. Please get your coffee and join the group for a discussion of points raised in today's sermon in particular and in Lay Ministry in general.
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Tonight we are honored to bring people together once again for our annual kindness dinner. With all that is happening in the world, tonight is meant to be a night of remembrance, togetherness and spirituality. Our hearts breast in …
Sermon for the nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost by the Very Rev. Canon Anne Sawyer, from St. John's Cathedral, Los Angeles.
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