audio by speaker 'rev stephen gauthier'

First Sunday of Advent
November 29, 2009

Zechariah 14:4-9; 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13; Luke 21:25-31; Psalm 50

Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your 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 living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

First Sunday after Advent
December 27, 2009

The Epiphany of our Lord Jesus Christ
January 10, 2010

Isaiah 60:1-9; Ephesians 3:1-12; Matthew 2:1-12; Psalm 72

Father in heaven, who at the baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan proclaimed him your beloved Son and anointed him with the Holy Spirit: Grant that all who are baptized into his Name may keep the covenant they have made, and boldly confess him as Lord and Savior; who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.

Last Sunday after Epiphany
February 14, 2010

Exodus 34:29-35; 1 Corinthians 12:27-13:13; Luke 9:28-36; Psalm 99

O God, who before the passion of your only ­begotten Son revealed his glory upon the holy mountain: Grant to us that we, beholding by faith the light of his countenance, may be strengthened to bear our cross, and be changed into his likeness from glory to glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.