This Week at Grace Chapel

October 23, 2014 

           

 


 
As we continue to read the Gospel according to Matthew, we hear another of the confrontations between Jesus and the Pharisees. Last week they tried to discredit him with the people and the government; now they will test his orthodoxy. Jesus answers their question in correct Jewish form and then counters with a question to them. This passage is leading toward the Christian belief that Jesus is more than a descendent of King David; he is the Son of God..

 

We welcome you to join us in worship this and every Sunday at 10am. This Sunday is our monthly music outreach where people are welcome to pray, sing , give testimonies and express their faith in English or local languages. 

 

Please find the Scripture readings for The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost here 

 

Using Deuteronomy, this Sunday we hear today the conclusion of Moses' part of the story of God's People. God led him to the top of the mountain to see the land that had been the goal of the journey. After Moses' death in the wilderness, the people he led entered the Land of Promise.

 

Using Leviticus, the first reading is a portion of the giving of the Law. In it, love and faithfulness toward God is to be expressed by love and care for human beings. This is the same principle that Jesus upholds in the Gospel reading.

 

In the second reading, Paul continues his greetings to the Thessalonian church, reminding them of his original visit to them and of his love and affection for them.

 

In the Eucharist, we experience the dual nature of our own existence: related to God and yet human. We are not simply living at the human level but through baptism are bearers of divinity. In the mundane elements of common food and drink, we meet God. Likewise, in our lives our human nature is permeated by God's nature. This is the reason we can pray; this is the reason we are sent into the world to minister to others.


The Collect: Almighty and everlasting God, increase in us the gifts of faith, hope, and charity; and, that we may obtain what you promise, make us love what you command; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

 

Reflections adopted from The Rite Light: Reflections on the Sunday Readings and Seasons of the Church Year. Copyright � 2007 by Michael W. Merriman. Church Publishing Incorporated, New York.

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR BISHOP SHAW
Visitation hours will be held on Friday, Oct. 31, 4-9 p.m., including the Office of the Dead at 6 p.m., and Compline at 8:30 p.m., at the Monastery Chapel of the Society of St. John the Evangelist (980 Memorial Drive) in Cambridge.

 

A Celebration of the Life of the Rt. Rev. M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE, with Holy Eucharist, will be held on Saturday, Nov. 1 at 2 p.m. at Trinity Church, Copley Square, Boston, with reception to follow. Bishops, priests and deacons will not vest or process, and are invited to sit in the congregation.

 

In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be directed to the Society of St. John the Evangelist, 980 Memorial Drive, Cambridge MA 02138 (www.ssje.org/donate) or the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, 138 Tremont Street, Boston MA 02111 (www.diomass.org/campaign-and-giving).

 

More to read and share:

 

In remembrance: M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE (1945-2014)

 

Boston Globe: Bishop M. Thomas Shaw, former Episcopal leader; at 69

 

  
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Join us on Sunday 10/26/14 at 4pm ET for our end of the month 30 minute prayer session.

 

Are you a young adult desiring to explore your faith with others around the world? Join us every 1st and 3rd Sunday for a Skype conference. The last Sunday of the month is for a 30 minute prayer session.

 

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4pm Saturday Boys' & Girls' Brigade Brockton

As we plan to resume the Brigade program in January, leaders and volunteers will be meeting this Saturday 10/25/14 to discuss and implement action plans. 

 

We are dedicated to restructuring and staffing, including other logistics which will further enhance the goal of the program. 

 

The Diocese and South Shore deanery is committed and working with us to make this happen.

 

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Please click here to register your child or to learn more about our brigade program. 
 
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Yours in Him, 

 

Rev. Dr. Moses Sowale

Grace Chapel Brockton

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