Text: John 16:23-28, 33 Today is Rogation Sunday, from the Latin word that means “prayer” or “asking” based on Our Lord’s statement at the beginning of today’s Gospel: “Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.” Sometimes we forget that the English word “pray” has its roots in an…
We regularly post our homilies and teachings (and occasionally some other stuff) on the parish podcast, All Saints Homilies and Teachings. Here is the most recent list of platforms on which our podcast: Apple Podcast (iTunes) Google Podcasts Anchor Spotify Stitcher Breaker Castbox Overcast Pocket Casts Radio Public And, of course, we usually embed the…
Text: John 16:16-22 Though I grew up with the folk-masses of post-Vatican-II Roman Catholicism and Episcopalianism, I have come to love hymns and hymnals. For a musician, pastor, and theology student, what could be more fun than cracking open a thick volume of Christian poetry and music just to explore the riches of our musical…
Many of you have either read or seen movie adaptations of Victor Hugo’s 19th Century masterpiece, The Hunchback of Notre Dame. According to Hugo, the reason he originally began his novel was to bring awareness of Gothic architecture to his contemporaries in light of some less-than-beautiful trends in church buildings and renovations that were common…
“Alleluia! Christ is Risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia!” This is the traditional greeting and response for the Easter season. We are here today to celebrate our Lord’s Resurrection. Indeed, there is a sense that every Sunday is a commemoration of the Resurrection, every Sunday is a little Easter. But Easter Sunday is that great…
One of my favorite passages of Scripture is the Road to Emmaus from Luke 24, in which our Lord appears incognito to two disciples, “and beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.” I’ve often wished that St. Luke would have preserved our Lord’s…
Text: John 8 Today is the fifth Sunday in Lent, which has been known as “Passion Sunday” in the Western Church for many centuries. When we think of passion nowadays, we usually think of that for which we have strong feelings or affection, something we really care about. Someone might say that they have a…
Frs. Isaac and Barry are ready for Rose Sunday Texts: Isaiah 66, Galatians 4, John 6 Today is the fourth Sunday in Lent, often called Laetare Sunday, from the Latin word for “Rejoice,” which comes from today’s Introit, a text from Isaiah 66 and Psalm 122: Rejoice ye with Jerusalem: and be ye glad for…
Text: Luke 11:14-28 When I was a child, one of the most popular novels in the Christian circles in which I traveled was Frank E. Peretti’s This Present Darkness. The book is was probably one of the most important works of fiction to popularize, portray, and influence contemporary Christian ideas of spiritual warfare, depicting the…
Sunday Lent 2 Homily Introduction As we observe our Second Sunday in Lent, we are well underway in our respective efforts to engage in prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. To that end, we should pursue a deeper season of prayer, while tempering satisfaction of our appetites through fasting, and finally making the most of every opportunity…