Sermon: Third Sunday of Easter

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Listen to the sermon preached by the Rev. Ed Chinery on the Third Sunday of Easter, April 19, 2026.

      Sermon - Easter III 2026 - The Rev. Edwin Chinery

Lessons

You can read the scriptures for this service here: Acts 2:14a,36-41; Psalm 116:1-3,10-17; 1 Peter 1:17-23; Luke 24:13-35.

The image above is of a carved ivory plaque showing scenes of Christ on the road to and at table in Emmaus. It dates from ca. 850-900 CE — the Carolingian dynasty — and is in the collection of the Met’s Cloister Museum in upper Manhattan.

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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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