isaiah-61:1-10

All stand while one or more of the following anthems is sung or said. A hymn, psalm, or some other suitable anthem may be sung instead. I am Resurrection and I am Life, says the Lord. Whoever has faith in me shall have life, even though he die. And everyone who has life, and has committed himself to... Read More

Hymns, psalms, and anthems may be sung during the entrance of the bishops and other ministers. The people standing, the Bishop appointed says Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. People And blessed be his kingdom, now and for ever. Amen. In place of the above, from Easter Day through the Da... Read More

During the Great Depression that hit Australia in the 1930’s, a family, like many families during this time, was struggling to put food on the table. Certainly luxuries were considered a very distant dream. One day posters were pasted up all over town announcing the arrival of a circus. Admission wa... Read More

And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer; and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob. For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. --Paul the Apostle And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from trans... Read More

He was but a blind beggar man, a recipient of passing charity, useless in the world, nameless, pitiful, disinherited. But the Lord of glory passing by knows all about this man - his destiny as well as his origin - the purpose of his creation. Why was he born blind? His own fault? (A strange thought ... Read More

Thou art my portion, O Lord. All things are yours; ... and ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's. — Our Saviour Jesus Christ ... gave himself for us. — God gave him to be the head over all things to the church. — Christ loved the church, and gave himself for it; that he might present it to himself a ... Read More

I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God. I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together... Read More

Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power. — As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving... Read More

Ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. Thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; and hast made us unto our God kings and priests. — Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculia... Read More

I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. — We are all as an unclean thing. — I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; bu... Read More