Interrupting the Silence

Interrupting the Silence is a place for spiritual reflection, guidance, and growth.
It offers practical spirituality grounded in the contemplative tradition.

  • A Sermon for Easter 3C, John 21:1-19. Dark Night Fishing or Resurrection?

    The collect and readings for the Third Sunday of Easter may be found here. The appointed gospel is John 21:1-19. After these things Jesus showed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias; and he showed himself in this way. 2Gathered there together were Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana Read more

  • Go On! Get Out Of Here! He Is Risen!

    The collect and readings for today, Easter, the Feast of our Lord’s Resurrection, may be found here. The gospel appointed for today is Luke 24:1-12. But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, taking the spices that they had prepared. 2They found the stone rolled away from the Read more

  • Hades Replies to the Resurrection

    Today Hades cries out groaning: “I should not have accepted the Man born of Mary. He came and destroyed my power. He shattered the gates of brass. As God, He raised the souls I had held captive.” Glory to Thy cross and resurrection, O Lord! (Vesperal Liturgy of Holy Saturday) Read more

  • Holy Saturday: Weep Not For Me.

    Weep not for me, O Mother, beholding in the sepulcher the Son whom thou hast conceived without seed in thy womb. For I shall rise and shall be glorified, and as God I shall exalt in everlasting glory those who magnify thee with faith and love. O Son without beginning, in ways surpassing nature was Read more

  • Which Will It Be, Palms or Cloaks?

    The collect and readings for The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday, may be found here. The following sermon is based on the gospel for the Liturgy of the Palms, Luke 19:28-40. 28After he had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 29When he had come near Bethphage and Bethany, at the Read more

  • Spreading Our Life Before Jesus: St. Andrew of Crete’s Palm Sunday Sermon

    Let us go together to meet Christ on the Mount of Olives. Today he returns from Bethany and proceeds of his own free will toward his holy and blessed passion, to consummate the mystery of our salvation. He who came down from heaven to raise us from the depths of sin, to raise us with Read more

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My name is Mike Marsh. I am a priest of the Episcopal Church. I retired from active parish ministry in 2025 after serving twenty-two years in The Episcopal Diocese of West Texas.

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