Listen to the sermon preached by the Rev. Ed Chinery on the First Sunday after the Epiphany, January 8, 2023.
You can read the scriptures for this service here: Isaiah 42:1-9; Psalm 29; Acts 10:34-43; Matthew 3:13-17.
Sermons and audio content from the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in the City of New York
This week, the rector offers a Lenten prayer by Jan Richardson that embraces the spiritual wilderness as a place of self-discovery rather than escape. The poem acknowledges the inner wildness, hunger, and thirst we encounter in desert seasons, while asking not for removal from the journey but for “tough angels, sweet wine, strong bread: just enough” to sustain us through this time of transformation and unexpected grace.
Listen to the sermon preached by the Rev. Liz Maxwell on Ash Wednesday, February 18, 2026.