From Deacon Ron Reno:
It may make it to 54 degrees in Omaha this Thursday; there also may be an all time high this Monday of 54 degrees. Hooray for us!!! In Nebraska we are especially blessed to have upcoming days like these from the chill of winter.
Since we are using the chapel on the College of Saint Mary, our last service included the collects for Septuagesima and our service was oriented to Mondays “Presentation of Christ in the Temple” which was the ancient custom of the “Purification of Mary”. It was also the very last day of Christmastide. Please read Father Andrews homily which leads us into the pre-Lenten season. Thank you Father for such a well thought out homily for our people to hear.
After the Deacon’s liturgy is said, we are planning on going to the Good Evans Restaurant for fellowship and good food. We are always blessed when we can gather together; Saint John’s is covering all the expenses. Please enjoy this fellowship and 50 degree weather with us.
O Lord, we beseech thee favourably to hear the prayers of thy people; that we, who are justly punished for our offences, may be mercifully delivered by thy goodness, for the glory of thy Name; through Jesus Christ our Savior, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost ever, one God, world without end. Amen. Chapel window and students at work glorifying God. God bless, Deacon
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We are planning to have a Christmas Eve service. Although the campus will be closed through January 3rd, they will keep the chapel open for us for all of our services. If possible, please come to the December 24th service, honor Jesus’ birth and enjoy some great music.
prepare the way before thee; Grant that the ministers and stewards of thy mysteries may likewise so prepare and make ready thy way, by turning the hearts of the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, that at thy second coming to judge the world we may be found an acceptable people in thy sight, who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Spirit ever, one God, world without end. Amen….Collect for Advent 3, God bless, Deacon
Almighty 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.
traveling mercies for Father Andrews and Anneliese. We will have our usual gathering after the service for a light lunch. Father and Anneliese will be heading to Minnesota after the service to visit their son and his family. It its by the good Grace of God that we have Father consecrate the Holy elements (wine and bread) so that the Deacon can feed our people every Saturday. Thank you so much Father for all you do for this growing parish.
We should pray for traveling mercies for them. Father and Anneliese will drive here from Fort Collins Colorado for the love of God and for the love of our small parish. It is always a blessing to see them and have the full Eucharist. Father will travel from here to Minnesota to visit their son and family. Let’s pray for traveling mercies for their entire journey.
Lord, we beseech thee, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil; and with pure hearts and minds to follow thee, the only God; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Collect for Trinity 18
I am including the Trinity 16 homily along with the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity homily. Last week, life got in the way and no email was sent. I do my best to send out weekly because some of our family are home bound. God wants His children to get His message from these homilies.
Thank you Father Andrews for feeding God’s children here in Omaha, Nebraska. It was wonderful that you offered the full Eucharist and bringing your wife Anneliese with you. We love you both for what you do for this mission church. Father offered the sacrament of the “Unction of the Sick” after Mass. He anointed a few with Holy oil in the Name of the Father, and the Son and of the Holy Ghost. The sacrament offered was beseeching for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, for the restoration and blessing of good health and away from sickness and pain. One of these days after Mass, we should discuss the seven sacraments that were instituted by God, Christ and the Holy Ghost; each being an outward sign of an inward grace.