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…
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…
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…
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…
“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,…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…