Sermon: Second Sunday of Easter

Mosaic: Christ Showing Thomas His Wounds

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Listen to the sermon preached by Yunjeong McSeol on the Second Sunday of Easter, April 12, 2026.

      Sermon - Easter II 2026 - Yunjeong McSeol

Lessons

You can read the scriptures for this service here:
Acts 2:14a,22-32; Psalm 16; 1 Peter 1:3-9; John 20:19-31.

The image above, of Christ showing his wounds to Thomas, is of a mosaic by Rowan LeCompte and Irene LeCompte in the Resurrection Chapel at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in the City and Episcopal Diocese of Washington (a.k.a. Washington National Cathedral).

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In this week’s newsletter, the rector reflects on “Glorians”—a term from Terry Tempest Williams describing encounters with grace and wonder in the natural world, like an ant carrying a pink blossom across the desert or the discovery that ancient horseshoe crabs have blue blood used to test vaccine purity. These ordinary, extraordinary moments reveal our vulnerability and connection with creation, calling us to lament, praise, and care. Mother Liz links this to Sunday’s gospel promise that we dwell in Christ and Christ in us—a mysterious communion revealed to those who love, inviting us to be present to the holy in the everyday.

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