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Holy Saturday service, 2021. Fr. Lee McLeod officiating.

Worship service for St. Aidan's. Good Friday, 2021. Fr. Lee McLeod officiating.

Sermon for Maundy Thursday from Fr. McLeod - April 1, 2021

Homily for March 21st, 2021 The 4th Sunday in Lent Homilist: Jenny Dorf St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KY www.jessamineanglicans.org Lectionary Readings Jeremiah 31:31-34 Psalm 51 Hebrews 5:5-10 John 12:20-22

This Fall, St. Aidan's offered reading groups as a way for members to join together (virtually, of course) for fellowship and discipleship. Over the next several weeks, we will be sharing recordings of our study of "The King Jesus Gospel" by Scot McKnight. In this book, Scot McKnight invites us to rediscover and revisit the Gospel of the early Church, and to contrast the Gospel of Scripture with t...

Homily for March 14th, 2021 The 4th Sunday in Lent Celebrant: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJ St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KY www.jessamineanglicans.org Lectionary Readings Numbers 21:4-9 Psalm 91 Ephesians 2:1-10 John 3:14-21 Important note: I didn't have time to address an important point in this week's sermon. I want to be very clear on this particular point - that while the symptoms of...

This Fall, St. Aidan's offered reading groups as a way for members to join together (virtually, of course) for fellowship and discipleship. Over the next several weeks, we will be sharing recordings of our study of "The King Jesus Gospel" by Scot McKnight. In this book, Scot McKnight invites us to rediscover and revisit the Gospel of the early Church, and to contrast the Gospel of Scripture with t...

Homily for March 7th, 2021 The 3rd Sunday in Lent Celebrant: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJ St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KY www.jessamineanglicans.org Lectionary Readings Exodus 17:1-7 Psalm 95 Romans 5:1-11 John 4:5-29 The selection in today's homily is taken from "Thought in Solitude" by Thomas Merton, currently distributed by MacMillan Publishers. I highly recommend this volume. You can purc...

Homily for February 28th, 2021 Homilist: Zach Wolf St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KY www.jessamineanglicans.org Lectionary Readings Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 Psalm 22:22-30 Romans 4:13-25 Mark 8:31-38

In the midst of loss, we search for ways to cope and connect. My father, Rob McLeod, passed away last week. I miss my dad deeply and want to remember him well. But I also want to remember that while he is gone, he is not lost - he is safe in the arms of Christ, and that the promise of Christ is that death doesn't get the last word - "I am the resurrection and the Life," he tells his friends at Bet...

This Fall, St. Aidan's offered reading groups as a way for members to join together (virtually, of course) for fellowship and discipleship. Over the next several weeks, we will be sharing recordings of our study of "The King Jesus Gospel" by Scot McKnight. In this book, Scot McKnight invites us to rediscover and revisit the Gospel of the early Church, and to contrast the Gospel of Scripture with t...

Homily for February 14th, 2021 Celebrant: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJ St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KY www.jessamineanglicans.org Lectionary Readings 2 Kings 2:1-12 Psalm 50 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 Mark 9:2-9

This Fall, St. Aidan's offered reading groups as a way for members to join together (virtually, of course) for fellowship and discipleship. Over the next several weeks, we will be sharing recordings of our study of "The King Jesus Gospel" by Scot McKnight. In this book, Scot McKnight invites us to rediscover and revisit the Gospel of the early Church, and to contrast the Gospel of Scripture with t...

Homily for February 7th, 2021 Celebrant: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJ St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KY www.jessamineanglicans.org Lectionary Readings Isaiah 40:21-31 Psalm 146 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 Mark 1:29-39

Homily for January 31st, 2021 Celebrant: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJ St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KY www.jessamineanglicans.org Lectionary Readings Deuteronomy 18:15-20 Psalm 111 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 Mark 1:21-28

In a sermon a couple weeks ago, I quoted from C.S. Lewis' essay "The Weight of Glory": "Next to the Blessed Sacrament itself," he says, "your neighbour is the holiest object presented to your senses". I've returned again and again to this quote over the last few weeks, and finally decide to share the entire work with you all. The text is actually from a sermon Lewis gave on June 8th, 1941, and in...

Homily for January 24th, 2021 The Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul Celebrant: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJ St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KY www.jessamineanglicans.org Lectionary Readings Acts 26:9-21 Psalm 67 Galatians 1:11-24 Matthew 10:16-22

"The Anglican Communion has no peculiar thought, practice, creed, or confession of its own. It has only the Catholic Faith of the ancient Catholic Church, as preserved in the Catholic Creeds and maintained in the Catholic and Apostolic constitution of Christ’s Church from the beginning.” Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher Our introduction to Anglicanism continues as we begin explaining how Anglican worshi...

Homily for January 17th, 2021 The 2nd Sunday after Epiphany Celebrant: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJ St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KY www.jessamineanglicans.org Lectionary Readings 1 Samuel 3:1-10 Psalm 64 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 John 1:43-51

Homily for January 10th, 2021 The 1st Sunday after Epiphany Celebrant: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJ St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KY www.jessamineanglicans.org Lectionary Readings Genesis 1:1-5 Psalm 29 Acts 19:1-7 Mark 1:1-11

"The Anglican Communion has no peculiar thought, practice, creed, or confession of its own. It has only the Catholic Faith of the ancient Catholic Church, as preserved in the Catholic Creeds and maintained in the Catholic and Apostolic constitution of Christ’s Church from the beginning.” Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher Our introduction to Anglicanism continues as we begin explaining how Anglican worshi...

Homily for December 27th, 2020 The 1st Sunday of Christmas Celebrant: Fr. Lee McLeod, CJ St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KY www.jessamineanglicans.org Lectionary Readings Isaiah 61:10-62:3 Psalm 147 Galatians 3:23-25; 4:4-7 John 1:1-18

Merry Christmas!   Join us as we celebrate the birth of our Savior! Today's homily by Fr. Lee is a reflection on Isaiah 9:2-7. To view the whole service of Morning Prayer, visit our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/hCaGfvjUBc0   May God bless you and send you a happy New Year!

Homily for December 13th, 2020 The Third Sunday of Advent Homilist: Jenny Dorf St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Nicholasville, KY www.jessamineanglicans.org Lectionary Readings 2 Samuel 7:1-16 Psalm 89 Romans 16:25-27 Luke 1:26-45

"The Anglican Communion has no peculiar thought, practice, creed, or confession of its own. It has only the Catholic Faith of the ancient Catholic Church, as preserved in the Catholic Creeds and maintained in the Catholic and Apostolic constitution of Christ’s Church from the beginning.” Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher Our introduction to Anglicanism continues as we begin unpacking how Anglicans expres...