All Hallows Evening Prayer is a service of worship in the evening for all pilgrims on the journey to the heavenly city.
Where my family home once stood was pine woods when we moved there—mostly loblolly, long leaf, and short leaf pine. As a teenager and an adult, I got to watch many pine trees grow from a seedling to a full-grown tree. In later years, the pine beetle would do tremendous damage to the pine woods in that part of Louisiana.
Cedars and pines belong to the same family. Cedars like high altitudes and grow in the mountains. Pines, on the other hand, grow at lower altitudes.
I can easily imagine the sprig that God in today’s reading promises to plant growing into a noble cedar, a tree in whose branches the birds and other winged creatures take shelter.
Blue jays called from the branches of the pine trees that once grew around my family home. Dragonflies perched on the ends of pine needles. Deep in the pine woods flying squirrels glided from branch to branch.
The house is gone. The trees too. What God plants, however, will not disappear unless he wills it. It will last forever.
The reading appointed for this Sunday evening’ service is Ezekiel 17: 22-24 Israel Is Exalted.
The homily is titled, “A God of Small Beginnings.”
The link to this Sunday evening’s service is—
https://allhallowsmurray.blogspot.com/2021/06/all-hallows-evening-prayer-for-sunday_12.html
Please feel free to share the link to the service with anyone whom you believe might benefit from the service.
If an ad plays when you open a link to a video in a new tab, click the refresh icon of your browser until the song appears. There may be a short pause before a song begins on a video. If the video begins playing partway, pause, move the track slider back to the beginning, and then play. An ad may follow a song so as soon as the song is finished, close the tab.
Previous services are online at:
https://allhallowsmurray.blogspot.com/
May this service be a blessing to you.
The house is gone. The trees too. What God plants, however, will not disappear unless he wills it. It will last forever.
The reading appointed for this Sunday evening’ service is Ezekiel 17: 22-24 Israel Is Exalted.
The homily is titled, “A God of Small Beginnings.”
The link to this Sunday evening’s service is—
https://allhallowsmurray.blogspot.com/2021/06/all-hallows-evening-prayer-for-sunday_12.html
Please feel free to share the link to the service with anyone whom you believe might benefit from the service.
If an ad plays when you open a link to a video in a new tab, click the refresh icon of your browser until the song appears. There may be a short pause before a song begins on a video. If the video begins playing partway, pause, move the track slider back to the beginning, and then play. An ad may follow a song so as soon as the song is finished, close the tab.
Previous services are online at:
https://allhallowsmurray.blogspot.com/
May this service be a blessing to you.
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