Daily Scripture Readings; bookofcommonprayer.net/daily_office.php
See the different options. There is full morning and evening prayer. There is also the option of the readings only. There is also an app for receiving the daily readings by email, or on a mobile device
Sunday Scripture Readings: bookofcommonprayer.net/lectionary.php
Set it for 1979 Contemporary, and the Bible version used in Church is Revised Standard Version
Trinity Sunday
What is God? St. Thomas Aquinas tells us that theology is our talk about God in response to God’s talk about God. God’s own talk is the very life of the Godhead. That conversation within the Godhead is, as Christians call it, the “Trinity”: an uttering in love, a Word uttered and Love returned, a sort of tryst. God himself is, as it were all talk, all love, all loving talk. And the Trinitarian life of God took the form of a Word made flesh and became speech addressed to us, the Word that is Christ is what St. Thomas calls, “holy teaching.” Theology as St. Thomas says, is neither more nor less than our human reception of and response to that Word of God that is spoken to us in Christ. Being in this way our talk about God’s talk about God, the discipline of theology begins and ends in the God it is about, the Trinitarian conversation extended into the human through Jesus’ prayer to his father, so that reciprocally, our human conversation might by grace and prayer extend into the Trinitarian life of God. Thus does the Christian, through faith, participate in the conversation that is God.
Aquinas: A Portrait
Denys Turner
Theology does not attempt to demonstrate the Trinitarian faith, but to disclose it to our minds more clearly within a contemplative exercise which is addressed to believers. This exercise obeys the basic laws of the human mind, which the understanding of the faith cannot avoid: we illumine that which is less known, or more obscure, by that which is more accessible, that is through realities which are better proportioned to what our own thinking is suited to know. Unless one does this, one can affirm the Trinitarian faith, but one cannot make it more evident to the mind of believes, which is the very task of theology.
The Trinitarian Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas
Giles Emery O.P.
Altar Flowers
We have a number of Sundays coming up that are open for people to give Altar Flowers. If you would like to give Altar Flowers for a memorial or a thank offering on any of these open Sundays, please email the Church Office. It will be added to the calendar and acknowledged in the bulletin
Sundays Available:
June: 12
July 3 & 17
August 7, 21, 28
Love and Wealth Management:
Sunday, May 22, 4:30 p.m. at the Rectory
23 People signed up so far!
According to Money Magazine, "Seventy percent of couples argue about money more than household chores, togetherness, sex, snoring and what’s for dinner."
If that wasn’t enough, this month’s Atlantic had an article entitled, “The Secret Shame of the Middle Class,” which was about how 47% of people in the United States could not meet an emergency expense of $400.00 without having to beg, borrow, sell, or steal something.
On May 22, at 4:30 at the Rectory, Fr. Bob will host a barbecue at the Parish Hall for young adults, couples preparing for marriage, and Love and Wealth Management alumnae, and other interested people. He’ll make Tracy’s world famous barbecue pork loin and his own world famous potato salad. Participants are asked to fill in with Appetizers, Salads, Desserts, and Drinks.
Bill and Rebecca Woods will talk with about how to control your money so it doesn't control you and your relationship. Bill will show how think about, then organize and track your finances so as to meet your needs and goals. Rebecca will talk about “talking about this subject,” which most people find difficult.
It is going to be great fun. Fr. Bob has emailed out to people. Please respond by hitting Reply All on your email so everyone can see who is coming and what people are bringing.
For information contact Fr. Bob at coa@lafn.org or Rebecca Woods at coaweddings@gmail.com
Emmaus Road A New Book: Hunger of Memory by Richard Rodriguez
Hunger of Memory is the story of Mexican-American Richard Rodriguez, who begins his schooling in Sacramento, California, knowing just 50 words of English, and concludes his university studies in the stately quiet of the reading room of the British Museum.
Here is the poignant journey of a “minority student” who pays the cost of his social assimilation and academic success with a painful alienation — from his past, his parents, his culture — and so describes the high price of “making it” in middle-class America.
The book is readily available from Amazon and is very inexpensive’
The nice thing about this book is that unlike Marilynn Robinson, you don’t have to read each chapter twice!
So if you’ve been thinking of joining in with Emmaus Road, please come this Monday.
Louise Macatee Ordination:
Saturday, June 4 10:00 a.m. St. John’s Pro-Cathedral 514 West Adams Blvd. Los Angeles
Louise Macatee, our Ministry Study Student from a year ago, will be ordained to the Sacred Order of Deacons by Bishop Jon Bruno. Everyone is invited to attend.
Food For Thought
On the Food for Thought Table this Sunday for Trinity Sunday a nice theological article from the recent issue of The Christian Century. The Logic of God. Or, “Why metaphysical proofs still matter.” The article says that St. Thomas Aquinas uses the word “prove,” because in talking about God, he is talking about more than a personal opinion.
We’ll also have more copies of the article from last week: The article is titled: Theology: The Lifeline of Prayer. It is by The Rev. Dr. Marilyn McCord Adams who is a priest of the Diocese of Los Angeles, but who has also been Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford University. Dr. Adams is renowned theologian in the Anglican Communion. In this article she talks in a very down-to-earth way about what prayer is, how to go about it, and how it is essential for helping any Christian think deeply about God. It is wonderfully written, accessible to all, enormously helpful.
Music with the Angels:
Sunday, May 29, 4:00 p.m. Harpsichord Music by Louis Couperin
Professor Robert Zappulla of Claremont Graduate University will perform a harpsichord recital of music by the French Baroque master, Louis Couperin in Pasadena's historic Church of the Angels, constructed in 1889. Zappulla, a former pupil of the late, world-renowned harpsichordist Gustav Leonhardt, will play on a fine replica of a 17th-century Flemish instrument by Edward Turner.
The concert is free –
In honor of Father's Day, Jouyssance will present a concert dedicated to fathers and father figures of all types and traditions. From Josquin's monumental Pater noster, to madrigals and chansons, all things fatherly (even early sports!) will be considered.
Things That Are Coming Up
A Parish Lunch on Estate Planning and Legacy Giving
This will take place after the 10:15 Liturgy on Sunday June 5 Ellen Farewell, an estate planning attorney, and member of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Glendale will talk about how you prepare a will and make a legacy gift to your church or other organizations in order that you may continue to support them beyond your lifetime.
A Barbecue for Parents and Children
We do this at the beginning and the end of the summer. Parents and children gather at the Rectory for a barbecue and lots of fun. Sunday June 12: 4:30 p.m. More as we get closer.