Listen to the lay homily from Steve Hubbard on Tuesday in Holy Week, March 31, 2026.
You can read the scriptures for this service here: Isaiah 49:1-7; Psalm 71:1-14; 1 Corinthians 1:18-31; John 12:20-36.
The photograph above is of Brushy Creek, Webster County, Iowa…on a less stormy day.
Sermons and audio content from the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in the City of New York
Listen to the lay homily from Libby Fosmire on Monday in Holy Week, March 30, 2026.
In her message this week, the rector connects Palm Sunday’s ancient story to present-day witness, planning to join Saturday’s No Kings March calling for democracy, justice, and peace. She explores how Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem was itself a public protest: a humble prophet on a borrowed donkey contrasting sharply with Pilate’s simultaneous imperial procession through another part of town. The tension between these two visions of power and authority plays out throughout Holy Week and history, asking where we will put our bodies, feet, and hearts as we follow Jesus’ way of vulnerable, self-giving love.