AOC Two

  Happy First Sunday in Advent! The AOC Sunday Report can be downloaded  RIGHT HERE ! There are really great sermons today from Bishops Jerry and Roy, as well as Revs Jack and Bryan.  Bishop  Jerry also wrote a very interesting and involved comment on the Collect.  This Collect is going to be said until Christmas in conjunction with the weekly Collect, so you might want to learn about it. There are a lot of people who need your prayers, this week is no exception, perhaps more than normal.  Please take the time to pray.  We lost two invaluable matriarchs this week, Loretta and Leah, please pray for their families who of necessity remain behind; Tricia, Whitney, Jenny, Jim, Bob and Shamu all have need of prayer, start with them and move out from there.  Please pray also for our various countries under siege in the name of Covid. There is potential for an epic week ahead, without the help of that Third God Guy, the Holy Ghost, you won't even know it is there, let alone experience it.

Sermon – Reverend Jack Arnold - Time and Action Church of the Faithful Centurion - Descanso, California Today’s sermon brought the Collect, Epistle and Gospel together because, as is always the case, there is a unifying message in the Scripture for this Sunday.    The First Sunday in Advent The Collect.   A LMIGHTY  God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the quick and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal, through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, now and ever.  Amen .   ¶ This Collect is to be repeated every day, after the other Collects in Advent, until Christmas Day.   Today’s Collect, like almost all of them, starts out asking God’s Grace, His Help, His intervention to allow us to turn our backs on evil and

    The First Sunday in Advent The Collect.   A LMIGHTY  God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the quick and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal, through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, now and ever.  Amen .   ¶ This Collect is to be repeated every day, after the other Collects in Advent, until Christmas Day.   Comment on the Collect: The people that  walked  in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined .  (Isaiah 9:2)   The people which  sat  in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up .  (Matt 4:16)   Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying,  I am the light of the world:

    The Sacred Use Of Sunday -The Royal Box Was  Empty      On a recent visit to Venice, that city prepared an elaborate performance at one of the principal theaters for Emperor William of Germany. The performance was set for Sunday evening. When the Emperor was  informed of what had been done and was asked to honor the assembly with his presence, he replied, "Since I have become Emperor, I have made it a principle of my life never to attend any place of amusement on the Lord's Day." King Humbert followed the Emperor's example. As both Emperor and King were expected, the theater was crowded from floor to ceiling, but the royal box was empty. The brilliant gathering learned a lesson on the duty of keeping holy the Lord's Day. --Topical Illustrations (see poem below)                                                     No pelting rain can make us stay                                                 When we have tickets for the play;                                   

   If you need a short service booklet for use at home on Sundays or any other day derived from the 1928 Book of Common Prayer, one is available  RIGHT HERE ! Today, the propers for today can be found on Page 90-92 of the  1928 Book of Common Prayer :   The First Sunday in Advent The Collect.   A LMIGHTY  God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the quick and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal, through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, now and ever. Amen.   ¶ This Collect is to be repeated every day, after the other Collects in Advent, until Christmas Day.   The Epistle for today comes from Paul’s letter to the Romans, starting at the Eight Verse of the Thirteenth Chapter.  Paul tells us to be self sufficient,