Acts 17:22-31, John 14:15-21
During these last six months or so here at St. Paul’s we have been trying to respond to and reflect upon the invitation that Bishop Curry gave at the Diocesan convention back in November. That invitation, that challenge to the diocese was to “Go Deep, Go Speak, Go Do.”…
John 14:1-14
We started our liturgy today with a very good opening prayer. The collect of today read simply, “Grant us so perfectly to know your son Jesus Christ to be the way, the truth, and the life, that we may steadfastly follow his steps in the way that leads to eternal life…”
John 10:1-10
I’d like to ask you a question that we engaged in, actually, last week in our confirmation class and inquirer’s class. The question is this: Why did Jesus come among us? Why was Jesus sent into our midst? It’s a question, I think, to ponder…
Luke 24:13-35
There are times in our life that are disorienting. Often these are times that involve change. There can be times of stagnation as well that disorient us. Perhaps someone has died and we enter into grief with its dragging weight…
John 20:19-31
In our April newsletter, George writes of Bishop Curry’s invitation to the Diocese to “Go Deep, Go Speak, Go Do” and of the invitation to all of us this Easter season to practice and discover our ability to go speak by sharing personal stories about matters of faith…
Matthew 28:1-10
When we gather together like this at Easter, what is it that we’re celebrating? I’d like to propose to you that there are many levels of meaning to Easter, many levels of understanding of this Christ being raised from the dead…
Matthew 27:57-66
Here we have Matthew’s story of the empty tomb and there is something most fitting in that Mary Magdalene and the other Mary should be the first to receive the news of the Risen Lord and to encounter Him. They had been there at the cross, they had been there when he was laid in the tomb, and now they were the first to know the joy of the resurrection…
John 18:1-19:42
Growing up in the Philippines, Good Friday is one of the most solemn days you could experience. It’s almost like everything stands still from noon until three o’clock. And as a young priest then, I was asked to participate in the Customary of the place. The church usually would have preachers come in and preach on the last seven words of Christ…
Matthew 26:14-27:66
What do you prefer to have in your hand today? The palm? The thirty pieces of silver? The Eucharistic bread which was celebrated on this night in this gospel and which we will receive here? A pillow for sleep? The defending sword? The helpful touch of the cross like that of Simon of Cyrene? The nails and the hammer?…
John 11:1-3,7,17,20-45
I think we’ve all heard the story of Lazarus many times in our lives. Ironically, this account only appears in John’s gospel. Matthew, Mark, and Luke do not mention it at all. And you can imagine that biblical scholars all have different suppositions of why this is. But that’s not my focus this morning…