AOC Two

  I  WILL  bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.  2  My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.  3  O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.  4  I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears .  (Psalm 34:1-4)               I love all sorts of gadgets, among them are old cameras, fountain pens, telescopes, magnifying glasses and microscopes. The latter objects are to afford me the ability to see things that nature tends to hide either by size of distance.               When playing outside following World War II, I saw many military planes traverse the heavens. I was stunned at their apparent size. How could grownup men manage to get into such tiny quarters as the planes appeared to be? Sometime in the late forties, my father gave me a telescope – a very primitive model compared to those of the modern day. I was then able to see the planes in much larger image a

Happy Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity! The AOC Sunday Report can be downloaded  RIGHT HERE ! There are excellent sermons from Bishops Jerry and Roy, as well as Revs Jack and Bryan.  Each is quite different, though Jerry and Jack cover the same Scripture.  You can also view Rev Jack on video  RIGHT HERE . There are always a lot of people who need your prayer, today is no exception. Please start with Jim, Laurie, Shamu, Mrs. Kay and Lori, work out from there.  Also, please pray for the families of our service members who lost their lives this week for reasons that are clear to no one. Yet they died in the honorable service of our country, There is an EPIC week ahead, find it with the help of that Third God Guy, the Holy Ghost. Godspeed, Hap Church of the Faithful Centurion Descanso, California United States of America

The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity.   The Collect.   A LMIGHTY  and merciful God, of whose only gift it cometh that thy faithful people do unto thee true and laudable service; Grant, we beseech thee, that we may so faithfully serve thee in this life, that we fail not finally to attain thy heavenly promises; through the merits of Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen .   L ABOUR  not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed . 28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? 29 Jesus answered and said unto them,  This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent .  (John 6:27-29)   B LESSED  is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him .  (James 1:12)   This powerful and lovely Collect was altered only in one respect by Archbis

Rev Jack's sermon is available on video  RIGHT HERE ! Sermon – Reverend Jack Arnold - Time and Action Church of the Faithful Centurion - Descanso, California Today’s sermon tied the Collect, Epistle and Gospel together and talked, as is oft the case, of the need for action, not simply diction. Consider the words of the Collect:  “…whose only gift it cometh that thy faithful people do unto thee true and laudable service; Grant, we beseech thee, that we may so faithfully serve thee in this life, that we fail not finally to attain thy heavenly promises…”   In our prayer to God, we acknowledge that His greatest gift is that we are, through Him, able to give Him true service.  For, it must be understood the only way we can really be happy is when we align our being with His Being.  We must be truly aligned, not trying to get around by using loopholes.  There is a big difference.  We are trying to live by the Big Picture and not worry about little things. Sometimes that is easier said th

The Propers for today are found on Page 207-209, with the Collect first:   The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity.   The Collect.   A LMIGHTY  and merciful God, of whose only gift it cometh that thy faithful people do unto thee true and laudable service; Grant, we beseech thee, that we may so faithfully serve thee in this life, that we fail not finally to attain thy heavenly promises; through the merits of Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen .   T he Epistle came from Paul’s Letter to the Galatians, the Third  Chapter beginning at the Sixteenth Verse. Paul reminds us, “To Abraham and his seed were the promises made.  He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.”  The Law, which came 430 years after this covenant, did not supersede the covenant.  The Law was “added because of transgressions, til the seed (Jesus) should come to whom the promise was made … Is the law then against the promises of God?”  No.  “… for is there had been a law given which could