Church of St. Clement | El Paso, Texas
Gospel: John 16.12-15 Jesus has told the disciples He must leave them but will send the Helper, the Spirit of Truth, who will lead them into all the truth. Jesus had said He is the Truth (John 14.6; 1.14,17). He also said, “And you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free”... Continue Reading →
Gospel: John 14.8-17 (25-27). In this text Jesus says if you have seen Him, you have seen the Father and that He will ask the Father to send His disciples another Advocate, the Spirit of Truth, who will be with them and in them forever. Pentecost or Whitsunday is fifty days after Easter and ten... Continue Reading →
Gospel: John 17.20-26. This text from the ‘high priestly prayer’ of Jesus on the eve of the crucifixion is Jesus’ prayer that all who believe in Him may receive the glory that the Father has given Him so that believers may be one with Him and the Father as He is one with the Father... Continue Reading →
Gospel: John 4.23-29 tells of Jesus telling His disciples He must leave them but that He will send the Holy Spirit to be with them. During this Easter season when the risen Lord walked the earth before He ascended to the Father, we continue to reflect on what He has accomplished for us on the... Continue Reading →
Gospel: John 13.31-35 tells of the Last Supper after Jesus had washed the disciples’ feet and identified Himself with the Passover sacrifice after which Judas went out into the darkness, and Jesus said, “The Son of Man has been glorified and God has been glorified in Him.” Jesus newly commanded His disciples to love one... Continue Reading →
Gospel: John 10.22-30 tells of Jesus’ appearance at the Festival of Dedication in Jerusalem when He says that His sheep hear His voice, and He knows them, and they follow Him, and He gives them eternal life. No one can snatch them out of His hand. He and His Father are one. The Greco-Roman world... Continue Reading →
Gospel: John 21.1-19 tells of the miraculous catch of fish at Jesus’ direction by the disciples and Jesus’ forgiveness of Peter after his denial of Christ three times. Jesus lived in the Greco-Roman world which was a violent, cruel world. Crosses were everywhere and were used to kill, mock and shame those who rebelled against... Continue Reading →
Gospel: John 20.19-31. This Gospel and the next five are part of Eastertide, and then comes the season of Pentecost which lasts until Advent. Jesus has risen from the dead and is showing Himself to a number of people including five hundred at once (1 Cor 15.6). His resurrection is as well documented a fact... Continue Reading →
Gospel: Luke 24.1-12 or John 20.1-8 tell of the women finding Jesus’ tomb empty of His body and two angels there. The Lord is Risen! and Lent is over and the period of prayer, discipline, and waiting are fulfilled! The sin and shame with which the satan has cursed us are defeated by the victorious... Continue Reading →
