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Photos from the Easter Vigil
posted on Apr 20, 2022 Easter Vigil: April 16 - The primary liturgy of our church year - Eucharist with Baptisms celebrated with St Elizabeth in Glencoe, St. Lawrence in Libertyville and Trinity in Highland Park
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Holy Week 2022
Saturday, April 16, 2022
posted on Apr 17, 2022 Grief
An excerpt from John 19:38-42 (NRSV) Nicodemus, who had first come to Jesus by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, weighing about a hundred pounds. They took the body of Jesus and wrapped it with the spices in th...
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Holy Week 2022
Friday, April 15, 2022
posted on Apr 14, 2022 When God seems absent
An excerpt from Psalm 22:14,18 (NRSV) I am poured out like water; all my bones are out of joint; my heart within my breast is melting wax. Be not far away, O Lord; you are my strength; hasten to help me.
Reflect...
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Holy Week 2022
Thursday, April 14, 2022
posted on Apr 13, 2022 The Meaning of Holy Communion
An excerpt from 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 (NRSV) This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.
Reflection from The Rev. Adam Spencer, the Church of St. Elisabeth We Episcopalians are he...
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Holy Week 2022
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
posted on Apr 12, 2022 Perseverance in faith
An excerpt from Hebrews 12:1-2 (NRSV) Since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that i...
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Holy Week 2022
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
posted on Apr 11, 2022 A light to the nations
An excerpt from Isaiah 49:6 (NRSV) It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the survivors of Israel; I will give you as a light to the nations, that my s...
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Holy Week 2022
Monday, April 11, 2022
posted on Apr 10, 2022 Compassion and justice
An excerpt from Isaiah 42:3-4 (NRSV) A bruised reed he will not break and a dimly burning wick he will not quench; he will faithfully bring forth justice. He will not grow faint or be crushed until he has establish...
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Saturday, April 9, 2022
posted on Apr 8, 2022 Unification in God
An excerpt from Ezekiel 37:22b-23 (NRSV) Never again shall they be two nations, and never again shall they be divided into two kingdoms. They shall never again defile themselves with their idols and their detestable th...
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Friday, April 8, 2022
posted on Apr 8, 2022 God is ever present in our distress
An excerpt from Psalm 18:4-7 (NRSV) The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of perdition assailed me; the cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me. In my distress I called...
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