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Hymns of the Church – Savior, Lead Me, Lest I Stray – 23 April 2024, Anno Domini

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  T HE  LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.  2  He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.  3  He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.     (23 rd   Psalm verses 1-3)                 Our Lord has led His people from the very beginning of days. He both led, and followed, the Children of Israel through the Red Sea waters and on through the Wilderness for forty years. His leading did not stop at Jordan Banks, but continued through the inspired text of His Holy Word, by Law and Prophets, until His personal coming as a Babe in Bethlehem. He is our constantly vigilant Shepherd to keep us from the dangers of the mountain trails and valleys of death’s shadow as long as we hear His Voice and follow on.                   The author of this hymn is FM Davis (1839-1896).who is also the composer of the musical score for the hymn. He published the hymn in 1882.       Savior Lead Me, Lest I Stray   Savior, lead m
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AOC Sunday Report – Third Sunday after Easter

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Happy Third Sunday after Easter!  The Day of the Resurrection!  Not bunnies, eggs, flowers and chocolates.   The AOC Sunday report can be downloaded  RIGHT HERE.   We have excellent sermons today from Bishops Jerry, Roy, Yves and Jack, as well as Rev Bryan and a Second Sunday after Easter sermon from Rev Stephen Cooper.  Each of them is really good, interesting and different. They are all very easy reads, each is well worth your time.   Bishop Jack’ s sermon can be viewed on video   HERE  ->   https://youtu.be/VT11O0NmgQA   Bishop Jack ’s sermon looks at the unifying message of the Collect, Epistle and Gospel and examine how they share a common message of action as we continue to celebrate Jesus’ delivery of the promise of life eternal with Him in our life to come.  God is a Triune God; Father, Son, Holy Ghost. One of the Holy Ghost’s jobs is to open our souls, hearts and minds to God’s Will. One of His main functions to help us see where we are in error and how to fix those errors.
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Third Sunday after Easter - Propers with explanation – Bishop Jack’s Sermon – With Video

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Bishop Jack’ s sermon is below the propers and can be viewed on video   HERE  -> https://youtu.be/VT11O0NmgQA   Bishop Jack ’s sermon looks at the unifying message of the Collect, Epistle and Gospel and examine how they share a common message of action as we continue to celebrate Jesus’ delivery of the promise of life eternal with Him in our life to come.  God is a Triune God; Father, Son, Holy Ghost. One of the Holy Ghost’s jobs is to open our souls, hearts and minds to God’s Will. One of His main functions to help us see where we are in error and how to fix those errors.    We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad. Act  in a manner consistent with the fact you will live forever and be responsible for your actions forever .  Action, not diction is what counts. It all comes together. The Propers for today are found on Page 173-174, with the Collect first:   The Third Sunday after Easter . The Coll
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Sermon Notes - Third Sunday after Easter - Christ and His Church - Anglican Orthodox Communion Worldwide - 21 April 2024, Anno Domini

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The Third Sunday after Easter . The Collect.   A LMIGHTY  God, who showest to them that are in error the light of thy truth, to the intent that they may return into the way of righteousness; Grant unto all those who are admitted into the fellowship of Christ’s Religion, that they may avoid those things that are contrary to their profession, and follow all such things as are agreeable to the same; through our Lord Jesus Christ.   Amen. I  AM  come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.  2  I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.  3  I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?  4  My beloved put in h
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Easter 03 Collect – 21 April 2024, Anno Domini (In the Year of our Lord)

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The Third Sunday after Easter . The Collect.   A LMIGHTY  God, who showest to them that are in error the light of thy truth, to the intent that they may return into the way of righteousness; Grant unto all those who are admitted into the fellowship of Christ’s Religion, that they may avoid those things that are contrary to their profession, and follow all such things as are agreeable to the same; through our Lord Jesus Christ.   Amen.   Even at the moment of the Resurrection of Christ, the spirit of anti-Christ was afoot. Roman guards were bribed to conceal the truth of what happened at the Garden Tomb before sunrise on Easter morning. Institutions, even the Churches, that draw their power and influence from political man, are a part and portion of that spirit of anti-Christ. The focus of our Collect for this week centers on a plea against error and darkness.             There is a church in Pensacola called the Brownsville Assembly of God Church at which the Korean preacher, Cho Yongg
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Love begotten of the Father – 18 April 2024, Anno Domini

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  A  NEW  Commandment I give unto you   (John 13:34)                 The Commandments of God, written on Tables of Stone, proved impossible for the Children of Israel to obey in the strict legal sense with which they were viewed by the people. God had intended it so to be in order to cause the people to realize their inability to merit the Kingdom of God as sinless followers.                 The coming of Christ did not annul the Commandments of God and were never intended to do so. Instead, He added only one additional Commandment to the other Ten –   34   A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.   35   By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another .  (John 13:34-35)  In a certain sense, this was not s new Commandment. But an ancient Commandment repeated as a seal of the believers and followers of Christ.   We are told to love one another in at least at least sixteen times by
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