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  Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes and notices. Eugène Delacroix ,  1854 Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Today's Gospel      Matthew 8:23-27 And when he [Jesus] got into the boat, his disciples followed him. A gale arose on the lake, so great that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep. And they went and woke him up, saying, ‘Lord, save us! We are perishing!’    And he said to them, ‘Why are you afraid, you of little faith?’ Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a dead calm. They were amazed, saying, ‘What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?’     Sacred Space A helpful prayer guide can be found here: https://sacredspace.com/daily-prayer/2026-06-30/ Christian Art https://christian.art/daily-gospel-reading/matthew-8-23-27-2026/ Collect of the Week O God, the protector of all who trust in you,  without whom nothing is strong, not...

    Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes, notices and some photos from recent events.  Today's Gospel      Matthew 16: 13-19 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, ‘Who do people say that the Son of Man is?’ And they said, ‘Some say John the Baptist, but others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.’ He said to them, ‘But who do you say that I am?’Simon Peter answered, ‘You are the Messiah,  the Son of the living God.’   And Jesus answered him, ‘Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father in heaven. And I tell you, you are Peter,  and on this rock  I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven...