Grace and Peace to All of You on This Palm Sunday Morning! God has answered our prayers for moisture, and we are very thankful! However, given the blowy snowy weather, I think it will be safer for everyone if we stay home this morning.
If you would like to see the bulletin for this morning, please visit the worship page on the church web site.
We look forward to seeing everyone on Thursday for worship!
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TODAY'S DEVOTIONAL:
Once again, as well as today reading the same biblical readings, Episcopalians & Anglicans, Roman Catholics, and others will pray the same prayer. On Palm Sunday these pray slightly varying translations of:
"Omnipotens sempiterne deus qui humano generi ad imitandum humilitatis exemplum salvatorem nostrum carnem sumere et crucem subire fecisti concede propitius ut et patientiae ipsius habere documenta et resurrectionis consortia mereatu."
This prayer has been in constant use on this day since at least the Gelasian Sacramentary (628-715 A.D.).
"Almighty, ever-living God, you have given the human race Jesus Christ our Saviour as a model of humility. He fulfilled your will by becoming man and giving his life on the cross. Help us to bear witness to you by following his example of suffering, and make us worthy to share in his resurrection…[through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever]."
(from an article in New Zealand)
(The artwork is from Our Lady & St Oswald's Catholic Church, Oswestry, Shropshire, UK)
(Palm Sunday procession leaving the Delabole Methodist Church, Delabole, Cornwall, UK
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