SEPTUAGESIMA SUNDAY
February 16, 2025
THE FATHER IS MY HOPE; THE SON IS MY REFUGE;
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS MY PROTECTION.
ALL HOLY TRINITY, GLORY TO THEE!
LIVE AUDIO STREAMING during today’s service is available on the Order of Service page. Recorded audio will be added following worship.
GETTING READY FOR SUNDAY: PREVIEW OF THE READINGS
It all begins today, that is to say the countdown to Lent, and to Easter, begins today. Septuagesima, which is Latin for 70, marks the beginning of a season of preparation for the 40 days of Lent, in which through the recovery of the disciplines of fasting, prayer, and almsgiving we begin to earnestly prepare to celebrate the death and resurrection of the Lord in Holy Week and Easter, and our own death and resurrection in Him. In our Gospel lesson today Jesus tells the parable of the workers of the vineyard, which comes to us an image of the spiritual labour of fasting, prayer, and almsgiving we are about to enter into in Lent. In today’s epistle lesson, St. Paul gives us another image of Lent: that of athletic training in preparation for receiving a crown of glory that does not fade away.