AOC Two

   Happy Eleventh Sunday after Trinity! The AOC Sunday Report can be downloaded  RIGHT HERE .   We have excellent sermons from Bishops Jerry and Roy, as well as Revs Jack and Bryan.  Each is different and great.   Rev Jack's can be seen on video  RIGHT HERE  when brings the Propers together again.     For a change, the Collect acknowledges God’s demonstration of His Power by His Grace and Mercy to us and asks that we might be fit to follow His Will so as to be admitted to His Kingdom.     In his Epistle Paul tells us he is delivering the message he received, the Good News of the Saving Grace of God through Jesus.     He points out that if he, who had been Saul the Persecutor of Christ’s Church here on earth could be saved by the Grace of God, then salvation was open to all who would act on their wishes.     Thus all who believe on the Name of the Lord Jesus will be saved, if they do not depart from that...

Today ’ s sermon is below and tied the Collect, Epistle and Gospel together; can be viewed on video  RIGHT HERE !   The Propers for today are found on Page 204-205, with the Collect first:   The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity.   The Collect. O  GOD , who declarest thy almighty power chiefly in showing mercy and pity; Mercifully grant unto us such a measure of thy grace, that we, running the way of thy commandments, may obtain thy gracious promises, and be made partakers of thy heavenly treasure; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.   The Epistle came from Paul ’ s First Letter to the Corinthians, the Fifteenth Chapter beginning at the First Verse.  Paul tells us he is delivering the message he received, the Good News of the Saving Grace of God through Jesus.  He points out that if he, who had been Saul the Persecutor of Christ ’ s Church here on earth could be saved by the Grace of God, then salvation was open to all who would act o...

The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity.   The Collect. O  GOD , who declarest thy almighty power chiefly in showing mercy and pity; Mercifully grant unto us such a measure of thy grace, that we, running the way of thy commandments, may obtain thy gracious promises, and be made partakers of thy heavenly treasure; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.          As revealed in our Prayer of Collect today, God's greater virtue and power is  demonstrated in His miraculous power to forgive our sins of rebellion and omission. Whatever grace we have is an endowment of grace from God that enables us to keep His Commandments and be accounted righteous by the blood of Jesus Christ. It is thus that we may, with Abraham, attain to the promises made available through the Lord Jesus Christ, and to share, with Him, in the blessed treasures of Heaven. This Collect is unique in specific aspects as are each of the Collects. I wrote a series of devotions a few years b...

I F  I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me .  (Psalm 66:18)   The Tenth Sunday after Trinity.   The Collect.   L ET  thy merciful ears, O Lord, be open to the prayers of thy humble servants; and, that they may obtain their petitions, make them to ask such things as shall please thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.     The Sermon ….. and I shall dwell in the House of the Lord Forever    (Psalm 23:6b)   A ND  when He was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen;  38 . Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.  39 . And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto Him. Master, rebuke Thy disciples.  40 . And He answered and said unto them,  I tell you that, ...

  I F  I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me .  (Psalm 66:18)   The Tenth Sunday after Trinity.   The Collect.   L ET  thy merciful ears, O Lord, be open to the prayers of thy humble servants; and, that they may obtain their petitions, make them to ask such things as shall please thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.   There is an interesting account in the life of the Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte at the zenith of his power. A distraught mother approached the military genius with a plea for mercy and pardon for her son. The Emperor responded that the young man had committed two separate offenses deserving death, and justice demanded the sentence to be carried out. “ But it is not justice for which I ask ” responded the distraught woman, “ but it is mercy that I plead for my son .” “ But your son does not deserve a grant of mercy !” Napoleon replied. “ Sir, ” she answered, “ If my son deserved mercy, it would not be merc...