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Do we notice? Are we thankful? In the gospel reading for Sunday (Luke 17:11-19), we read or heard the story of the one leper who asked Jesus for healing, and, when he realized he had been healed, returned to say thank you. As Jesus asks, “where [...]
On October 14-17, CCOA clergy and invited guests will gather for the first in-person convocation since 2019! The topic is MOTHERHOOD OF GOD: SCRIPTURE, THEOLOGY AND PRACTICE, presented by Dr. Elizabeth Ursic.
The last verse of today’s gospel reading is Luke 17:10, which says, “So you also, when you have done all that you were ordered to do, say, ‘We are worthless slaves; we have only done what we ought to have done.’” The meaning is that we [...]
Luke 15:1-32, which includes the parables of the lost sheep and the lost coin, was the gospel reading yesterday. We have heard both stories often, perhaps the story of the lost sheep more than that of the lost coin. We may wonder why a shepherd would [...]
Believe. Things can be very, very bad. And yet. Christians are told that God gave us free will, and we read in Wisdom 9:13a that we can’t understand what God’s intends. When something bad happens to us it is often because someone has exercised their free [...]
The gospel reading for Sunday was Luke 14:1,7-14, in which Jesus is said to have told the parable about choosing where to sit when at a banquet. He tells the people not to go to the head table, but rather sit at a less desirable place. [...]
The psalm for today says it! 1 Praise Yahweh, all you nations! Extol him, all you peoples! 2 For his loving kindness is great toward us. Yahweh’s faithfulness endures forever. Praise Yah! From The World English Bible (public domain) Ebible.org
In Luke 12:49-53 We are told that Jesus said he came to set the world on fire, and these words may remind us of Acts 2:3. In that verse we are told that the Holy Spirit came to the disciples as tongues of fire. Fire is [...]
On August 13, 2022, CCOA received Bishop Rodrigo Faddoul, of Rio de Janeiro, and Rev. Mary Wagner, of the Chicago area. Bishop Rodrigo was formerly with another independent jurisdiction, and Rev. Mary was a priest in The National Catholic Church of North America (which has disbanded.) [...]
Yesterday we heard the gospel reading, Luke 11:1-13. The disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray, and he gave them, and us, what is called either the Lord's Prayer or the Our Father. CCOA founder, the late Patriarch Herman Spruit suggested, "...the first twenty-four [...]