1st Sunday in Lent
Pastor George Samiec
Why does it have to be so violent? 9In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10 And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. 11 And a […]
Ash Wednesday
Pastor George Samiec
Grace and peace to us from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Reflecting on words Jesus said on the cross – “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing” (Luke 23:34) – let’s pray: Heavenly Father, sanctify us in your Word, your Word is truth. (Amen.) Dear Christian Friends, […]
The Fifth Sunday in Lent
Pastor George Samiec
1 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair; her brother Lazarus was ill. 3 So the sisters sent a message to Jesus, “Lord, he whom you love […]
4th Sunday in Lent
Pastor George Samiec
The psalms are for all times, for all situations, for all people. These poems and songs reach into the heart just as their expose the inner person. We have a tendency to only to want to smile and to hear happy things. Unfortunately this can be part of Christianity as well but what do you […]
3rd Sunday in Lent
Pastor George Samiec
All the congregation of the people of Israel moved on from the wilderness of Sin by stages, according to the commandment of the LORD, and camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. Therefore the people quarrelled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” And Moses said to […]
2nd Sunday in Lent
Pastor George Samiec
1 I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? 2 My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. 3 He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. 4 Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. 5 […]
1st Sunday in Lent
Pastor George Samiec
Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread”. Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man does not live […]
5th Sunday in Lent
Pastor George Samiec
What do you write in a letter from prison? If you’re innocent then perhaps there’s a fair bit of “help me get justice” and if you’re guilty, you’re possibly just pleased that you’ve got someone to write to! Sometimes they get published. Moving along the infamy spectrum you can read prison writings of the Marquis […]
4th Sunday in Lent
Pastor George Samiec
Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear [Jesus]. And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” So he told them this parable: And he said, “There was a man who had two sons. And the younger of them said to his father, […]
3rd Sunday in Lent
Pastor George Samiec
There were some present at that very time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And he answered them, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered in this way? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you […]
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