The Epistle reading, from the Letter to the Hebrews, and the Gospel reading, from the Gospel according to John, center on how Jesus reveals to us who God is. The Letter to the Hebrews tells us:
Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom he also created the worlds. He is the reflection of God’s glory and the exact imprint of God’s very being, and he sustains all things by his powerful word. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs. (Heb. 1; 1-4).
John writes:
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it. (Jn. 1: 1-5).
Common to both of the readings is the idea that Jesus reflects God perfectly. Jesus reflects God perfectly because Jesus is in fact God. Jesus is the very Son of God who by the Word, his Word, sustains everything in the universe, but he is also true man, like you and me in all things. And so the season of Epiphany draws to an end, and we Jesus is revealed to us as the sustainer of all that is.
Let us pray: Father of light, unchanging God, You reveal to people of faith the resplendent fact of the Word made flesh, Your Son, Jesus Christ. Your light is strong, Your love is near; draw us beyond the limits which this world imposes, to the life where Your Spirit makes all life complete. Amen.
CALENDAR REMINDERS
MARDI GRAS FUN AT ST. AUGUSTINE'S on FAT TUESDAY, 8 MARCH at 6 P.M.: Welcome a new tradition at St. Augustine's for Fat Tuesday, a true Mardi Gras celebration to be inaugurated by a famous Mardi Gras King and his Queen at St. Augustine’s!
Ash Wednesday, 9 March at 7 P.M.: The Ash Wednesday Liturgy with the imposition of ashes. The ashes this year will be taken from the Palm Sunday crosses from St. James the Fisherman and given to us by Bob Newding.
Lenten Program: We will have a combined Lenten program with Grace Episcopal on Wednesday evenings as we have had in years past. It will begin with the Stations of the Cross, Eucharist, a light meal and then a teaching.
Saturday, 12 March, work day in the Community Garden.
PLEASE REMEMBER EVERYONE ON OUR PRAYER LIST, especially Roylene Lemons and Juanita Mack.
Your servant in Christ,
Fr. Chester J. Makowski+
St. Augustine of Hippo Episcopal Church
Galveston, Texas 77550
Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom he also created the worlds. He is the reflection of God’s glory and the exact imprint of God’s very being, and he sustains all things by his powerful word. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs. (Heb. 1; 1-4).
John writes:
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it. (Jn. 1: 1-5).
Common to both of the readings is the idea that Jesus reflects God perfectly. Jesus reflects God perfectly because Jesus is in fact God. Jesus is the very Son of God who by the Word, his Word, sustains everything in the universe, but he is also true man, like you and me in all things. And so the season of Epiphany draws to an end, and we Jesus is revealed to us as the sustainer of all that is.
Let us pray: Father of light, unchanging God, You reveal to people of faith the resplendent fact of the Word made flesh, Your Son, Jesus Christ. Your light is strong, Your love is near; draw us beyond the limits which this world imposes, to the life where Your Spirit makes all life complete. Amen.
CALENDAR REMINDERS
MARDI GRAS FUN AT ST. AUGUSTINE'S on FAT TUESDAY, 8 MARCH at 6 P.M.: Welcome a new tradition at St. Augustine's for Fat Tuesday, a true Mardi Gras celebration to be inaugurated by a famous Mardi Gras King and his Queen at St. Augustine’s!
Ash Wednesday, 9 March at 7 P.M.: The Ash Wednesday Liturgy with the imposition of ashes. The ashes this year will be taken from the Palm Sunday crosses from St. James the Fisherman and given to us by Bob Newding.
Lenten Program: We will have a combined Lenten program with Grace Episcopal on Wednesday evenings as we have had in years past. It will begin with the Stations of the Cross, Eucharist, a light meal and then a teaching.
Saturday, 12 March, work day in the Community Garden.
PLEASE REMEMBER EVERYONE ON OUR PRAYER LIST, especially Roylene Lemons and Juanita Mack.
Your servant in Christ,
Fr. Chester J. Makowski+
St. Augustine of Hippo Episcopal Church
Galveston, Texas 77550
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