Second Sunday after Easter & AIC Bookstore 21

Apologies to viewers the late posting of the Blog for First Sunday after Easter. For unknown technical reasons the “Post” command failed to execute. It is now available with the unique image from the Alheide Psalter, a rare example of Christian art prepared by a woman, from the collection of the British Library, London, England.

For Second Sunday after Easter, commonly known as Good Shepherd Sunday, Archbishop Thomas Cranmer created an original Collect based on the Epistle reading for the day, 1 Peter 2:19-23, which includes commentary on the expectation of “suffering” and St. Paul’s unique reference to the Cross as a Tree. The Gospel reading, John 10:11-16, the third of six readings from St. John’s Gospel in Eastertide.

Christ the Good Shepherd, stained glass window, Franz Mayer of Munich, 2nd Qtr., 20th C., St. Joseph’s Villa Chapel, Richmond, Va. (from The Stained Glass Windows of St. Joseph’s Villa Chapel). Photo by Ronald E. Shibley.

I discuss and illustrate the Collect, Epistle and Gospel readings for Second Sunday in Easter in Episode Two in our video series, Eastertide: From Resurrection to Ascension, linked from the Digital Archive page. The audio-only version of Episode Two is linked from the Podcast Archive page. My Podcast Homily for Second Sunday after Easter is linked from the Podcast Homilies page. A related Podcast Homily for Second Sunday after Easter, based upon the Psalm reading for the occasion, Psalm 23 and Psalm 146, is linked from the Podcast Homilies-Morning Prayer page.

The last in the series of previews of the AIC Bookstore Publications is The Prayer Book Psalter: Service Book Edition. The book includes all the pages from the 1928 Book of Common Prayer of the offices for Morning and Evening Prayer plus the Prayers and Thanksgiving, the Litany and Penitential Office for Ash Wednesday, the liturgy for Holy Communion and the full text of the Psalter and Family Prayers.. The Penitential Office includes two texts for the traditional administration of ashes. The Psalter section also includes the King James Version text of Psalm 23 as an Addendum. The volume is offered as an inexpensive alternative for small parishes to the bound versions of the full-text of the B.C.P. The book, and the St. Joseph’s Villa Chapel volume, is available exclusively through my Amazon Author Central page.

As always, thank you for your interest and support. Glory be to God for all things! Amen!

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Fr. Shibley is a retired Anglican clergyman who produces unique videos, podcasts and books explaining traditional Christian theology from an Anglican perspective. All materials are in layman's language with a minimum of technical or theological terms. All are available either free or at reasonable cost. The AIC Bookstore now includes 17 publications.

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