top of page
THE SCOTTISH EPISCOPAL CHURCH
ON THE BLACK ISLE
Eaglais Easbaigeach na h'Alba san Eilean Dubh
NEWSLETTER
On this page you will find the Newletter each week.
18TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
The Gospel for 18th Sunday after Pentecost is Luke 17:11–19 . In this passage, Jesus heals ten lepers who cry out to Him for mercy as He...
12TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
For a church to move in the right direction, its meeting place must be recognized as a banquet hall. Members of the congregation are on...
8TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (Proper 18)
Often times, when we mention rich, we think of money, wealth. In the Bible, there are at least fifty times that money, wealth, possession...
18TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
The Gospel for 18th Sunday after Pentecost is Luke 17:11–19 . In this passage, Jesus heals ten lepers who cry out to Him for mercy as He...
Alexander Lane
Oct 101 min read
12TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
For a church to move in the right direction, its meeting place must be recognized as a banquet hall. Members of the congregation are on...
Alexander Lane
Aug 291 min read
8TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (Proper 18)
Often times, when we mention rich, we think of money, wealth. In the Bible, there are at least fifty times that money, wealth, possession...
Alexander Lane
Aug 11 min read
SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (Proper 17)
The story in Luke, found also in Matthew, of Jesus teaching his disciples to pray reminds us of the value of persistence and offers us...
Alexander Lane
Jul 261 min read
FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
The gospel tells two things about every baptized Christian here today. The first is that the task of telling the Good News to others is...
Alexander Lane
Jul 51 min read
SS PETER & PAUL, APOSTLES
Peter and Paul are the two great heroes of the Apostolic Age ‑ Peter for leading the first Christian communities and binding them in...
Alexander Lane
Jun 291 min read
THE MOST HOLY TRINITY
This Sunday is all about the “Divine Community” - in other words, the way in which our God is in himself a communion of love: Father, Son...
Alexander Lane
Jun 131 min read
PENTECOST SUNDAY
We arrive at the fiftieth day ‑ the completion of the Easter Season, and the completion of the Paschal Mystery: the Lord has died, is...
Alexander Lane
Jun 61 min read
SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
As Eastertide unfolds, we feel the power and influence of the Spirit growing. This is the Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead, and the...
Alexander Lane
May 231 min read
FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Today’s Gospel reading comes from the chapters of St. John’s Gospel known as “The Last Discourse.” It takes place at the Last Supper, on...
Alexander Lane
May 161 min read
FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
This is traditionally known as “Good Shepherd” Sunday, and is part of the continuing journey of Easter – remember that Jesus is the Good...
Alexander Lane
May 91 min read
THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER
In today’s gospel story of breakfast on the beach, we enter further into the Easter season, and the work of Easter: working out what it...
Alexander Lane
May 21 min read
SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER
THOMAS THE BELIEVER In one way or another we all stumble into life moments when we are seized by fear, remorse, grief, and loss. Our lack...
Alexander Lane
Apr 251 min read
EASTER SUNDAY OF THE LORD'S RESURRECTION
The Sabbath has ended. It is the first day of the week, at first light. And the women come to the tomb with the spices they have prepared...
Alexander Lane
Apr 182 min read
PALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD'S PASSION
Hosanna to the Son of David! Palm Sunday is all about involvement and commitment – and the difference between the two. Those who followed...
Alexander Lane
Apr 112 min read
FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT
When Lazarus came back to life and tumbled from his tomb, the word about Jesus spread even farther than it already had. This was Jesus’...
Alexander Lane
Apr 41 min read
FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT
Will we join the great feast where sinners of all kinds gather, welcomed home from their variousprodigal journeys? Will we nurse our...
Alexander Lane
Mar 281 min read
SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT
Our Lenten journey is no journey if we don’t experience the cross, that symbol of what stands between the Lord and us. If we are...
Alexander Lane
Mar 151 min read
FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT
In the Cycle of Sunday Readings, the oldest are those of Year A in Lent – these Gospels have accompanied the Church for many centuries....
Alexander Lane
Mar 71 min read
THE SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE LENT
Whenever Moses was with God on the mountain he was transformed. Likewise Jesus was transformed upon the mountain as he was with God,...
Alexander Lane
Feb 281 min read
bottom of page