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The Feast of Thomas Merton
Reblogged from Interrupting the Silence: Today, December 10, we remember, celebrate, and give thanks for the life and resurrection of Thomas Merton. This is a new and welcome commemoration to the...
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Our Lady of Guadalupe
Reblogged from Interrupting the Silence:[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe4Ozm0oENk&w=700&h=424] Today, December 12, is the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. On this day in 1531 she...
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Recognizing the One Who is to Come – A Sermon on Matthew 11:2-11
St. John the Baptist (source) “Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another” (from Matthew 11:2-11, Advent 3A)? That doesn’t sound like the guy we heard from last week. So what’s...
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Advent Preparation – Let the Baby be Born
“Now the birth of Jesus took place in this way….” (Matthew 1:18-25) Matthew’s description of how Jesus’ birth happens does not mention anything that is on my to-do list. There is no busyness in his...
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What are you Giving for Christmas?
At Christmas we often think, and rightfully so, of God’s gift of Jesus to the world. We celebrate and rejoice that God has been born into this world as one of us. God is with us in a new way. God has...
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The Womb that Contains What the Heavens Cannot
Theotokos of the Sign (source) From you, our God who is before eternity, became a child! He has made your womb His throne, making it more spacious than the heavens. In you, O woman full of grace, all...
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The Scandal We Long For – A Sermon on Matthew 1:18-25
Theotokos of the Sign (source) What is the most shocking part of today’s gospel (Matthew 1:18-25, Advent 4A)? What’s the thing that makes you wonder whether it really happened the way Matthew...
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Gazing into the Face of a New Beginning – A Christmas Sermon on Luke 1:1-20
She gave birth, wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger. It’s all rather matter of fact as St. Luke tells it (Luke 1:1-20; Christmas Eve). It sounds like it could be any birth. It was...
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Christmas On! A Sermon on John 1:1-18
“And the Word became flesh and lived among us” (From John 1:1-18; First Sunday after Christmas) How was your Christmas? It is a question I have asked and been asked over the last few days. While I...
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Claiming Our Share in His Divinity
γνῶθι σεαυτόν, know yourself (source) The saying “Know yourself” means therefore that we should recognize and acknowledge in ourselves the God who made us in his own image, for if we do this, we in...
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Epiphany House Blessing with Chalk
2013 Epiphany Blessing The Church has a custom of blessing homes on the Feast of the Epiphany and the week following. Family and friends gather to ask God’s blessing on their homes and those who live...
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Epiphany Proclamation 2014
The Church has a couple of traditions related to The Feast of the Epiphany. One of those is The Epiphany Proclamation (another being the blessing of homes). During the liturgy on the Feast of the...
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Holiness Always Wins – A Sermon on Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23
Flight into Egypt (source) “Now after the wise men had left….” How strange that that is how today’s gospel (Matthew 2: 13-15, 19-23; Second Sunday after Christm) begins. We hear of their departure...
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Where is the Child? – An Epiphany Sermon on Matthew 2:1-12
“Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews?” (From Matthew 2:1-12, Feast of the Epiphany) I received an anonymous letter in this afternoon’s mail. There was nothing to indicate who or where...
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A Spiritual Pilgrimage
You need a spiritual pilgrimage. Begin by closing your mouth. - The Sayings of the Egyptian Fathers (Quoted by John McGuckin in The Mystical Book of Chapters, 47).
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He is Always Coming to Us – A Sermon on Matthew 3:13-17
The Baptism of Jesus (source) “And do you come to me?” (From Matthew 3:13-17, Feast of the Baptism of our Lord, the First Sunday after the Epiphany) That’s the greeting Jesus receives from John. John...
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We Need a Moses in Every Age
Almighty God, by the hand of Moses your servant you led your people out of slavery, and made them free at last: Grant that your Church, following the example of your prophet Martin Luther King, may...
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The Antidote to a Secondhand Life – A Sermon on John 1:29-42
“He said to them, ‘Come and see.’” Those are probably familiar words for most of us. I don’t just mean in the context of today’s gospel (John 1:29-42, the Second Sunday after Epiphany, Year A). Even if...
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On the Feast of Phillips Brooks
Whatever happens always remember the mysterious richness of human nature and the nearness of God to each one of us. - The Rt. Rev. Phillips Brooks, died 1893
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Turning Points in Life – A Sermon on Matthew 4:12-23
After I graduated from seminary Cyndy and I moved to Kerrville where I began work as an associate priest at a large parish. Shortly after arriving I was invited to join a community prayer group. It was...
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