‘Weekly Post. Anno Domini 2023 November 7

Beloved of the Lord:

Today is Tuesday, 7 November, in the year of our Lord 2023. The scheduled services are as-follows:

• Tuesday (today): 5:30 PM, Mass, S. Willibrord, Bishop & Confessor.
  6:30 PM, Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament & sung Evensong.
• Wednesday: 12:10 PM, Mass, All Anglican Martyrs & Saints (Octave Day of All Saints).
• Thursday: 8:00 AM, men's Morning Prayer & Breakfast.
  6:30 PM, Mass, S. Theodore, Martyr, followed by soup & study.
• Friday: 9:00 AM, Mass, S. Hugh, Bishop & Confessor, using the Gregorian Canon.
  Immediately following, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.
• Saturday: 5:00 PM, Mass, S. Martin of Tours, Bishop & Confessor.
• Sunday: 8:30 & 10:00 AM, Mass, Trinity XXIII.

Be sure to VOTE! Today, Tuesday, is Election Day. Don't fail to exercise your right as a citizen of our Great Land, and cast your vote in determining our future.

As you can see, our schedule for this week is as-per usual. Next week, there will be some variations, due to my travel. Please review that schedule closely, when it is issued. This is my usual family trip. There shouldn't be any Church travel until February of next year.

Roughly a month from now, Advent will commence, and with it, a new Christian year. Begin reflecting-upon the year just-passed, and thinking of the year to come. As-for the past, what lessons have you learned? What joys did you experience? What gifts ~ especially those of God ~ did you receive? What wounds did you suffer? What betrayals did you endure? What lessons did you learn?

In the year to come, what will you do? Who will you be? Perhaps more to the point, who will you become? Will you rise-above the hurts and injuries visited-upon you by those whom you trusted? Will you rely-upon His strength to carry you through, or participate ~ or continue to participate ~ in the delusion that you can make it through on your own? How will you better serve our Lord in the year to come, than you did in the year just concluded?

Prepareth now for the future, as it cometh, and that right soon. First your heart, then your mind, then the rest of what and who you are must be prepared, or reformed, the better to serve Him. Build in this moment, for the future that will never end. I remain

in His praise,

The Rev'd Canon. T. L. Crowder

Pastor, Saint Matthew's Parish