Friday, December 31,
2004
Opening Session Readings:
And do not get drunk on wine, in which lies debauchery,
but be filled with the Spirit, addressing one
another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing and playing to the Lord in your hearts,
giving thanks always and for everything in the
name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father.
~ Ephesians 5:18 – 21
Trinity
Prayer
Prayer Card:
“Let us offer ourselves
to God as a gift,
His most precious possession most proper to Himself,
Let us give back to the Image what is made unto
that Image,
Let us recognize the principle of our very Being,
Let us honor our first Prototype,
Let us recognize the force of the mystery for
whom Christ died,
Let us become like unto Christ,
Since Christ became like unto us,
Let us become gods through him,
Since he became human through us.”
St. Gregory Nazienzen
Dates: 329-390, Famous Preacher on the Trinity
Midnight
Prayer
Saturday Morning Prayer
Session:
2000
– 2004 Time-Line
Sunday Liturgy, January
2, 2005:
First Reading: Genesis 18:1-8
The Lord appeared to Abraham by the terebinth
of Mamre, as he sat in the entrance of his tent,
while the day was growing hot. Looking up, he
saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them,
he ran from the entrance of the tent to greet
them; and bowing to the ground, he said: “Sir,
if I may ask you this favor, please do not go
on past your servant. Let some water be brought,
that you may bathe your feet, and then rest yourselves
under the tree. Now that you have come this close
to your servant, let me bring you a little food,
that you may refresh yourselves; and afterward
you may go on your way.” “Very well,”
they replied, “do as you have said.”
Abraham hastened into the tent and told Sarah,
“Quick, three seahs of fine flour! Knead
it and make rolls.” He ran to the herd,
picked out a tender, choice steer, and gave it
to a servant, who quickly prepared it. Then he
got some curds and milk, as well as the steer
that had been prepared, and set these before them;
and he waited on them under the tree while they
ate.
Second Reading:II Corinthians
13:11-13
Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice. Mend your
ways, encourage one another, agree with one another,
live in peace, and the God of love and peace will
be with you. Greet one another with a holy kiss.
All the holy ones greet you.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love
of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be
with all of you.
Gospel: Matthew 28:16-20
The eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain
to which Jesus had ordered them. When they saw
him, they worshiped, but they doubted. Then Jesus
approached and said to them, “All power
in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go,
therefore, and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father, and
of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them
to observe all that I have commanded you. And
behold, I am with you always, until the end of
the age.”
