Today's service is presented by
Rev. Dr. Robert Sears
and members of St. John's Parish,
Olds, Alberta.
Readings for Sunday, January 31, 2021
Deuteronomy 18: 15-20
Psalm 111
1 Corinthians 8: 1-13
Gospel of Mark 1: 21-28
Thanks to Rev. Robert and volunteers for this week's service.
May it bless your day.
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| The Calling of the Apostles Peter and Andrew Duccio di Buoninsegna, Sienna, ca. 1308-1311 |
Jesus Calls Us
Today's Service is presented by
Rev. Dr. Robert Sears
and members of St. Cyprian's Parish,
Lacombe, AB
Readings for Sunday, January 24
Jonah 3: 1-5, 10
Psalm 62: 5-12
1 Corinthians 8: 1-13
The Gospel of Mark 1: 14-20
Please remember in prayer our long-time parishioner, Joe Kischuk, currently in the University of Alberta Hospital, ill with the COVID-19 virus and Joe's wife Joyce, isolated in their living quarters in Sherwood Park, AB. Due to current lock-down conditions, and outbreaks at that facility, visits are very limited or non-existent.
Thanks to Rev. Robert and volunteers for this week's service.
May it bless your day.
Notice is given
that the Annual General Meeting
of St. Cyprian's Anglican Church, Lacombe, AB
will be held via Zoom
on Sunday, January 31, 2021
at 1 p.m. Mountain Standard Time.
The Zoom link will be sent out to each parish household by e-mail.
All baptized persons regularly attending Services of worship in this Parish and receiving communion or otherwise regularly receiving the administrations of the clergy of this Parish are entitled to attend.
Today's service is presented by
Rev. Dr. Robert Sears
and members of St. John's Parish,
Olds, Alberta.
Readings for Sunday, January 17, 2021
1 Samuel 3: 1-10 (11-20)
Psalm 139: 1-6, 13-18
1 Corinthians 6: 12-20
The Gospel of John 1: 43-51
Please note in the prayers the memory of St. John's Parishioner, Lloyd,
praying for comfort for his family and all who knew and cared for him.
Thanks to Rev. Robert and volunteers for this week's service.
May it bless your day.
The Baptism of Jesus
Today's Service is presented by
Rev. Dr. Robert Sears
and members of St. Cyprian's Parish,
Lacombe, AB
Readings for Sunday, January 10
Genesis 1: 1-5
Psalm 29
Acts 19: 1-7
The Gospel of Mark 1: 4-11
The Baptism of Jesus
Beginning here we glimpse the Three-in-one;
The river runs, the clouds are torn apart,
The Father speaks, the Sprit and the Son
Reveal to us the single loving heart
That beats behind the being of all things
And calls and keeps and kindles us to light.
The dove descends, the spirit soars and sings
‘You are belovèd, you are my delight!’
In that quick light and life, as water spills
And streams around the Man like quickening rain,
The voice that made the universe reveals
The God in Man who makes it new again.
He calls us too, to step into that river
To die and rise and live and love forever.
-- Malcolm Guite, Sounding the Seasons, Canterbury Press, 2012*
*Canadian singer-song-writer Steve Bell has written a musical interpretation of this sonnet; to hear him play and sing it, CLICK HERE.
Thanks to Rev. Robert and volunteers for this week's service.
May it bless your day.
Rev. Robert is on holiday this week, so for your worship, reflection and enjoyment, the following are links to a series of Morning Prayer Services from the Cathedral at Canterbury, UK, which is the mother church of the global Anglican Communion. Most include exerpts of music and carols from the Cathedral's celebrations of this season -- perhaps from this year, but also recorded in years past.
Today is the Tenth Day of the Twelve Days of Christmas, with Christmas Day being the First. Most of the days in this season mark a special Feast or Commemorative Day, which is highlighted by Dean Robert Willis in each of these services, presented to you today from Day 10 back to Day 1.
NOTE: for those who wish to worship closer to home, you might check out the Diocese of Calgary HERE.
Day 10 - January 3, 2021
Day 9 - January 2, 2021
Feast of Basil the Great (379) & Gregory of Nazianzus (389),
Bishops and Teachers of the Faith
Day 8, January 1, 2021
The Octave of Christmas
The Naming of Jesus
New Year's Day
Day 7, December 31, 2020
St. Sylvester's Day
New Year's Eve
Day 6, December 30, 2020
In the Aftermath of the Martyrdom of Thomas Becket
Day 5, December 29, 2020
The Martyrdom of Thomas Becket (1170 AD)
Day 4, December 28, 2020
The Holy Innocents
Day 3, December 27, 2020
St. John the Apostle & Evangelist
Also known as St. John the Divine
Day 2, December 26, 2020
St. Stephen, the First Christian Martyr
"Boxing Day"
December 25, 2020
Christmas Day - the Incarnation
May any or all of these selections bless your day.
Shared from the end of today's Morning Prayer Service
by the Dean of Canterbury Cathedral...
The choir Funda La Caixa
and Orquestra Barroca Catalana
under the direction of
Igor Cortadellas.
May it bless your day. 😊
