Listen to the sermon preached by Mother Liz Maxwell on All Saints Sunday, November 7, 2021, followed by a rendition of The Beatitudes, sung to a Russian Orthodox chant by the Ascension Choir.
You can read the scriptures for this service here: Wisdom of Solomon 3:1-9; Psalm 24; Revelation 21:1-6a; John 11:32-44.
Sermons and audio content from the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in the City of New York
In this week’s newsletter, Mother Liz reflects on the recent clergy and vestry retreat at Holy Cross Monastery, where leaders found spiritual renewal through monastic rhythms, winter walks along the frozen river, and deep conversation about the parish’s future. She invites parishioners to consider their own Lenten practices—whether through prayer, fasting, almsgiving, or acts of connection and care—as pathways to deepening awareness of God’s love and grace during the season ahead.
Listen to the sermon preached by the Rev. Joo Young Hong on the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany, February 8, 2026.