Morning Prayer from Pasadena and Cormack NL

Welcome to Morning Prayer for the Fifth Sunday in Lent.  Today's music is offered by Ed and Debbie Humber ("Said Judas to Mary"). We've had some beautiful sunrises recently. You can watch a video version of the service here with some views from this week and some others.Thank you for joining us today!

Welcome to Morning Prayer for the Fourth Sunday in Lent! Today's music is offered by Gerard and Mona Edwards (aka Double Vision; "Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah" and "Prodigal Son"). The sermon is by Rev. Joe. Thank you for joining us today. God's blessings and joy to you!

For today's reflection, Rev. Joe reads the beginning of his essay, "The Consolation of Desolate Landscapes." This section is called Movement.Thank you for joining us today!

Welcome to a brief service of Morning Prayer for the Third Sunday in Lent. Thank you to Ed and Debbie Humber for offering today's music, "The Greatest of These is Love." The sermon, "What Did They Do to Deserve That?" is based on the gospel lesson, Luke 13:1-9.Thank you for joining us today!

For today's reflection, Rev Joe shares the conclusion of his essay, "The Consolation of Desolate Landscapes: Hiking in Newfoundland During the Pandemic." In this section, he refers to "the voice from the whirlwind" from the biblical book of Job. If you want to read that passage, you can find it in Job 38:1–42:6.Thank you for joining us today. 

Welcome to a brief service of Morning Prayer for the Second Sunday in Lent.  Music for today's service is offered by parishioners Mona and Gerard Edwards (Double Vision; "In the Secret of Thy Presence") and Ed and Debbie Humber ("Tis Good Lord to be Here"). Instead of a sermon, Rev Joe reads a reflection based on the gospel lesson, Luke's version of the Transfiguration (Luke 9:28-36). You can watch a video of today's service here.Thank you for joining us today. God's blessings and peace to you.

Today's reflection is a gift from Catherine Ricketts, essayist, songwriter, and contributor to Saving Words: 20 Redemptive Words Worth Rescuing. Catherine reads an excerpt from her essay, “Father,” and talks about why she chose this word.You can watch a video of Catherine here.Learn more about Catherine and her work here.Learn more about Saving Words here. Thank you for joining us today!

Welcome to Morning Prayer! Today's service is lead by Rev. Amy, Rev. Joe, Ed and Debbie Humber and Lloyd Hollett. The sermon is based on the Gospel reading, Luke 4:1-13. You can watch a video of the service here.Thank you for joining us today.

For today's reflection, Rev Joe reads an excerpt from his essay-in-progress, "The Solace of Landscape." Today he reflects on descending from the summit of Gros Morne Mountain. Thank you for joining us today!

For today's reflection, Rev Joe reads the next installment in his essay in progress, "The Solace of Landscape." Here, we're on the summit of Gros Morne.Thank you for joining us today!

Today's reflection, read by Rev Joe, is an excerpt from his essay-in-progress with the working title, "The Solace of Landscape." In today's section, Rev Joe starts climbing Gros Morne.Thank you for joining us today.

Today's reflection is an excerpt of an essay-in-progress by Rev Joe. The working title of the essay is The Solace of Landscape. Here, Rev Joe reflects on a hike up Gros Morne mountain. Thank you for joining us today! 

Welcome to Morning Prayer! Thank you to parishioners Gerard and Mona Edwards for offering our music today ("How Great Thou Art" and "Great is Thy Faithfulness"). The sermon is by Rev Joe.You can watch a video of the service here.Thank you for joining us today. God's blessings and peace be with you.

Today's reflection is an excerpt from an essay by the Rev. Ragan Sutterfield, "Obedient to the Earth: Learning Humility from the Humus," which appears in our new book, Saving Words. We are very happy that today we get to hear the author read the excerpt, as well as why he chose to reflect on the word "Humility."The Rev. Ragan Sutterfield is a priest in The Episcopal Church and serves a parish in his native Arkansas. He is the author of several books and is at work on a new book exploring humus and humility, soil science and Christian spirituality. You can find out more about Rev. Sutterfield at http://ragansutterfield.com.You can find out more about Saving Words at https://wipfandstock.com/9781725262225/saving-words/

Today's reflection is by Spencer Reece, an essay entitled "The Little Entrance." It appears in Common Prayer.Thank you for joining us today.You can find out more about the Rev. Spencer Reece at https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/spencer-reece. You can find an interview with him about his memoir published in 2021 at https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2021/03/16/poems-are-spiritual-suitcases-an-interview-with-spencer-reece/.Find out more about Common Prayer at https://wipfandstock.com/9781532654220/common-prayer/

This past Sunday, we were able to gather in person again to celebrate the Holy Eucharist and receive communion. So, today's reflection is about communion.  It's another excerpt from Bishop J. Neil Alexander's essay, "Of Sacraments and Sundays," written for Common Prayer.  If you missed an excerpt from this essay about the gift of baptism, you can find it here.  Thank you for joining us today.    To find out more about  Common Prayer, go to https://wipfandstock.com/9781532654220/common-prayer/.

Welcome to Morning Prayer! Thank you to Ed and Debbie Humber for leading our music today ("The Lord's Prayer" and "You are Salt for the Earth"). Today's sermon is based on the epistle lesson, 1 Corinthians 13:1-13. You can watch a video of the service here.Thank you for joining us today. God's blessings and joy to you.

Today's reflection is an excerpt from an essay by Cameron Dezen Hammon, "Let Light Perpetual Shine Upon Them," written for Common Prayer. Cameron Dezen Hammon is an author and musician. You can find out more about her at https://camerondezenhammon.com.You can find out more about Common Prayer at  https://wipfandstock.com/9781532654220/common-prayer/

Today's reflection is an excerpt from an essay by the Rev. Amy Peterson, "For the Whole World," written for our new book, Saving Words.The Rev. Amy Peterson is a transitional deacon in The Episcopal Church and author of Where Goodness Still Grows: Reclaiming Virtue in an Age of Hypocrisy, Dangerous Territory: My Misguided Attempt to Save the World, and Open Hearts, Open Home: The Call for Christian Hospitality.  She also contributed an essay to Common Prayer.  You can find out more about Rev. Peterson at http://www.amypeterson.net.To learn more about Saving Words, go to https://wipfandstock.com/9781725262225/saving-words/

Welcome to Morning Prayer! Thank you to parishioners Ed and Debbie Humber for leading our music today ("There's a Wideness in God's Mercy" and "All Over the World"). The sermon is by Rev Joe and is based on the Gospel lesson, Luke 4:14-21.You can watch a video of the service here.Thank you for joining us today. God's blessings and joy to you!

For today's reflection, Rev Joe reads an excerpt from an essay he's working on for a new book. The working title of his essay is "The Solace of Landscape: Walking in Newfoundland during the Pandemic." It gives a glimpse into some of what we love about living in this place. Thank you for joining us today. 

Today's reflection is an excerpt from "Singing in the Choir on Sunday Morning," an essay by Stephen Fowl in Common Prayer.  Whether you love to sing, you sing in a choir, or you wonder why others do, Dr. Fowl's essay offers insight into the grace experienced through being part of a church choir, grace undiminished in today's reality of having to wear masks or keeping distance between us as we lift our voices in prayer and song.Thank you for joining us today.For more about Common Prayer, visit https://wipfandstock.com/9781532654220/common-prayer/

For today's reflection, Rev Joe reads an excerpt from "The Play of the People," written by Rodney Clapp. The full essay appears in our book Common Prayer.Thank you for joining us today.For more about Common Prayer, go to https://wipfandstock.com/9781532654220/common-prayer/

Dear Friends,We are not recording a worship service for tomorrow, Sunday, January 16. Please listen to this announcement to hear why that's good news.God's peace and joy,Rev Amy and Rev Joe

For our reflection today, Rev Amy reads an excerpt from an essay by Rhonda Mawhood Lee, "Indissoluble."   The whole essay appears in Common Prayer. Rhonda is an Episcopal priest, born in Quebec, and living and serving in North Carolina. Her most recent book is Seek and You Will Find: Discovering a Practice of Prayer (Forward Movement, 2021).For more about Common Prayer, go to https://wipfandstock.com/9781532654220/common-prayer/

For today's reflection, Rev. Joe reads an excerpt from his essay in our book, Common Prayer, "Marriage and Worship."Thank you for joining us today.For more info on Common Prayer, go to https://wipfandstock.com/9781532654220/common-prayer/

For today's reflection, Rev Amy reads excerpts about baptism from an essay by The Rt Rev J Neil Alexander, "On Sacraments and Sundays," from our book, Common Prayer.  We highly recommend Bishop Alexander's whole essay for anyone interested in learning more about baptism and the Eucharist and how Sundays shape our lives as followers of Jesus in the Episcopal and Anglican tradition. Today, we keep with the theme of baptism that we've been reflecting on starting this past Sunday, the Baptism of our Lord. Bishop Alexander is a bishop in the Episcopal Church and is professor of liturgy and the Quintard Professor of Theology at the School of Theology at the University of the South in Sewanee, TN.Thank you for joining us today.To learn more about Common Prayer, go to https://wipfandstock.com/9781532654220/common-prayer/

For today's reflection, Rev Joe reads an excerpt from his essay in our new book, Saving Words. We hope you enjoy it and perhaps use it to reflect on the meaning of your own baptism.Thank you for joining us today.For more information about Saving Words, go to https://wipfandstock.com/9781725262225/saving-words/?mc_cid=c16115cd7d&mc_eid=a27cfcd561

Welcome to Morning Prayer for the Feast of the Baptism of our Lord. Thank you to Debbie and Ed Humber and Lloyd Hollett ("This is the Day") and Joanne Hounsell ("It is Well with My Soul") for helping make today's service. Rev. Amy gives the the sermon, based on Luke's account of Jesus's baptism, in Luke 3:15-17, 21-22.You can watch a video of the service here.Thank you for joining us today. We wish you God's peace and joy.

Dear Friends, Here in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, we're at Alert Level 4 and the Anglican Diocese of Western Newfoundland has suspended in-person worship for a time. While we're experiencing this hiatus, we're sharing excerpts from our recent book Common Prayer: Reflections on Episcopal Worship (Cascade Books, 2019), hoping that worshipers in the Anglican Church of Canada as well as Episcopalians will find "a window into the transformative experience of shared liturgy in all its particularity, difficulty, and beauty," as Sara Miles wrote in an endorsement. Today, Amy reads an excerpt from her essay, "The Great Celestial—Terrestrial Choir." For more about Common Prayer,  go to https://wipfandstock.com/9781532654220/common-prayer/.

Dear Friends, Here in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, we're at Alert Level 4 and the Anglican Diocese of Western Newfoundland has suspended in-person worship for a time. While we're experiencing this hiatus, we're going to share excerpts from our recent book Common Prayer: Reflections on Episcopal Worship (Cascade Books, 2019), hoping that worshipers in the Anglican Church of Canada as well as Episcopalians will find "a window into the transformative experience of shared liturgy in all its particularity, difficulty, and beauty," as Sara Miles wrote in an endorsement. Today, Joe reads an excerpt from the Foreword, by Stanley Hauerwas.We leave you with the Collect for The Epiphany (from the Book of Common Prayer,  page 214):O God, by the leading of a star you manifested your only Son to the peoples of the earth: Lead us, who know you now by faith, to your presence, where we may see your glory face to face: through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.For more about Common Prayer,  go to https://wipfandstock.com/9781532654220/common-prayer/.

Happy New Year and Happy Epiphany from the Parish of Pasadena and Cormack!  In today's service, we celebrate the Epiphany, when the magi visit the Christ child and offer their symbolic gifts and worship him. Today's service is led by the Rev. Amy, Rev. Joe, and Ed and Debbie Humber, and Lloyd Hollett. The sermon is by Rev. Joe and is based on the gospel lesson.You can watch a video of the service here.Thank you for joining us today.

Merry Christmas! Thanks to parishioners Ed and Debbie Humber and Lloyd Hollett for their offering of music for this service (Mary, Did You Know? and Silent Night). The sermon is by Rev Joe and is based on the gospel, Luke 2:1-20.You can watch a video of the service here.We wish you all a very merry Christmas and God's blessings and joy.

Welcome to this brief service of Morning Prayer for the Fourth Sunday of Advent.With Covid cases on the rise and capacity restrictions going into place next week, we know there are many in our parish who will be missing gathering in person for worship, so we've made this brief recorded service. We pray for people all over the world as we all continue to be affected by covid.Today's sermon is by Rev. Joe and is based on the gospel lesson, Luke 1:39-55.  You can watch a video of the service here.Thank you for joining us today.

Good Morning! Thank you so much to everyone who has joined us since August 2020 when we started recording Morning Prayer and to everyone who helped with our Sunday Morning Prayer services. Here's an announcement about bringing these recorded services to a conclusion.You can watch a video here.God's blessings and joy to you!

Welcome to Morning Prayer! Thank you to Ed and Debbie Humber and Lloyd Hollett for leading today's hymn, "Jesus Shall Reign Where'er the Sun." The sermon is by Rev. Amy and is based on the gospel reading for today, Luke 21:25-36.You can watch a video of the service here.Thank you for joining us today. 

Welcome to Morning Prayer from the Parish of Pasadena and Cormack in the Diocese of Western Newfoundland, in the Anglican Church of Canada. Today's service is lead by the Rev. Dr. Amy Richter, the Rev. Dr. Joseph Pagano, Kitty Rice (reading our first lesson), Mona and Gerard Edwards (aka Double Vision, leading Blessed Assurance), and Ed and Debbie Humber and Lloyd Hollett (leading "Alleluia, Alleluia, Give Thanks to the Risen Lord). The sermon is by Rev. Joe.You can watch a video of the service here.Thank you for joining us today.

Welcome to Morning Prayer! Today's conversational reflection is on 1 Peter 1:3-9, a beautiful passage about our living hope and inheritance in Jesus Christ. Thank you for joining us today.

Welcome to Morning Prayer! Today's conversational reflection is on the Wisdom of Solomon 3:1-9, a reflection on life after death. Thank you for joining us today.

Welcome to Morning Prayer! Thank you to Gail Roberts for reading our first lesson today (Hebrews 10:11-14, 19-25) and to Ed, Debbie, and Robert Humber, and Lloyd Hollett for leading our music ("Holy, Holy, Holy" and "To God Be the Glory"). For our opening sentences, we're using the words of Prayers at Mid-day, on page 56 of the Book of Alternative Services.The sermon is by Rev. Amy and is based on the gospel lesson, Mark 13:1-8.You can watch a video of the service here.Thank you for joining us today.

Welcome to Morning Prayer! Today we reflect on our epistle lesson, Hebrews 10:11-14, 19-25. Rev. Joe makes another appeal to celebrate Sit Down Sunday, and we include a prayer for Heroic Service in honor of Remembrance Day. Thank you for joining us today. 

Welcome to Morning Prayer! Today's conversational reflection is on 1 Samuel 1:4-20, Hannah prays in the temple. Thank you for joining us today.

Welcome to Morning Prayer! Today's service is led by the Rev.  Dr. Joseph Pagano, the Rev. Dr. Amy Richter, and parishioners Wanda Osmond (reading our first lesson), Charlotte and Benjamin Humber (leading the Lord's Prayer), and the Wildwood Singers of St George's Church leading our music ("Me Without You"). The sermon is by Rev. Amy. You can watch a video of the service here.Thank you for joining us today. God's blessings and joy to you.

Welcome to Morning Prayer! Today's conversational reflection is on the epistle (second) lesson for Sunday, Hebrews 9:24-28, on waiting for Christ's second coming, and living in the meantime. Thank you for joining us today.

Welcome to Morning Prayer! Today's conversational reflection is on Ruth 3:1-5, 4:13-17, the first reading for this coming Sunday. Today we hear the conclusion of this story about love and grace happening in surprising places and through surprising people.Thank you for joining us today.

Welcome to Morning Prayer! Thank you to Karen Colbourne for reading our lesson and to Ed and Debbie Humber, Lloyd Hollett, and Daisy Tapp for leading our music. Ed, Debbie, and Lloyd lead "Rejoice, the Lord is King," and Daisy sings "God on the Mountain." The sermon is by Rev. Joe Pagano.You can watch a video of the service here.Thank you for joining us today, and may God bless you.

Welcome to Morning Prayer! Today's conversational reflection is on Mark 12:28-34, the gospel reading for Sunday. Jesus gives the commandment that is first of all. Thank you for joining us today.

Welcome to Morning Prayer! Today's conversational reflection is on Hebrews 9:11-14, on sacrifice. What's it for? How does it work? How is the sacrifice of Christ like, and different from, sacrifice in the Old Testament? Thank you for joining us today.  

Welcome to Morning Prayer! Today's conversational reflection is on this coming Sunday's first reading, Ruth 1:1-18. Thank you for joining us today.

Welcome to Morning Prayer! Thank you to parishioners Ed and Debbie Humber for leading our music today ("Fairest Lord Jesus" and "Be Thou My Vision").  The sermon is by Rev. Amy Richter and is based on the gospel reading for today, Mark 10:46-52. You can watch a video of the service here.Thank you for joining us today.

Welcome to Morning Prayer! Today's conversational reflection is on Mark 10:46-52, the gospel for this Sunday, on the healing of Bartimaeus, a blind man who sees clearly who Jesus is. Thank you for joining us today.