Listen to the sermon preached by the Rev. Liz Maxwell on the Last Sunday after Pentecost, the Feast of Christ the King, November 20, 2022. The readings for this day: Jeremiah 23:1-6; Canticle 16; Colossians 1:11-20; Luke 23:33-43.
This week: the rector shares a poem by Joy Harjo, “Perhaps the World Ends Here,” to reflect on gathering around a table for food and relationships, but also to bring to it all our loves, struggles, griefs and joys — to make, in other words, a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving. Also this week: Sunday’s forum will discuss our diocese’s upcoming election of a new bishop coadjutor, and at the 11 am service, we will ingather and bless the pledges that have been made to support the parish in the coming year. If you haven’t filled out your pledge form yet for 2023, you can do so here!
Listen to the sermon preached by Brother Andrew Jones, OSF, on the Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost, November 13, 2022. The readings for this day: Isaiah 65:17-25; Canticle 9; 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13; Luke 21:5-19.
This week, the rector reflects on the entwined themes of gratitude and choice: “Sometimes our thanksgiving simply overflows, and we rest in the grace of God and the awareness of our dependence on one another and others we may never know. Sometimes gratitude is a discipline, a practice as we choose to trust and honor interdependence. Sometimes our gratitude makes it possible to be generous or take a risk.”
Listen to the sermon preached by the Rev. Posey Krakowsky on the Celebration of All Saints, November 6, 2022. The readings for this day: Daniel 7:1-3,15-18; Psalm 149; Ephesians 1:11-23; Luke 6:20-31.
This week: On Sunday we celebrate the Feast of All Saints, with special hymns, anthems and commemorations — and the baptizing two new saints into the household of God! Then, Tuesday is Election Day; in this newsletter, the rector exhorts us to vote on or before Tuesday with our love and our prayers.
Listen to the sermon preached by the Rev. Liz Maxwell on the Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost, October 30, 2022. The readings for this day: Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4; Psalm 119:137-144; 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12; Luke 19:1-10.
This week: The Eve of All Hallows, the Feast of All Saints, and the Day of All Souls — an autumn triduum, some of it silly, some of it sorrowful, and all of it, in one way or another, celebratory of lives lived and also life eternal. The rector puts these days into the context of our life as a parish community in this week’s letter.
Listen to the sermon preached by the Rev. Posey Krakowsky on the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, October 23, 2022. The readings for this day: Joel 2:23-32; Psalm 65; 2 Timothy 4:6-8,16-18; Luke 18:9-14.
This week: The rector reflects on last week’s reading about the Unjust Judge and the Importunate Widow, and how we might regard her persistence as inspiration and model for our own troubled times. (This Sunday’s readings includes the parable of the Pharisee and the Publican, represented in the 17th century painting above.) Also this week: a call for volunteers for this year’s “Haunted Church” event for neighborhood children on Hallowe’en, and upcoming memorials and commemorations for the Feast of All Saints and the day of All Souls.