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Where is God in the Hatian earthquake?
That question is one many struggle with in regards to not only natural disasters of national proportions but also in our own lives and personal struggles, losses, and disappointments. “Where is God?” To ask the question is to acknowledge our own powerlessness over much of life and the world. My own experience of powerlessness is…
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Pray in Silence – St. John Cassian
“But whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret” (Matthew 6:6). This may be fulfilled by us as follows: we make our request within our room when, drawing our hearts within, away from the tumult of all thoughts and cares, we disclose our…
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“You can’t touch me. I’ve been baptized!”
Today is the First Sunday after the Epiphany. On this day we always celebrate the Feast of the Baptism of our Lord. The collect and readings for today may be found here. Since the readings from Isaiah and Luke seem connected I have included both below. Isaiah 43:1-7 Thus says the Lord, he who created…
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Epiphany, Wise Men, and Watchfulness
In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage.” (Matthew 2:1-2) I believe, that at some…
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A Sermon for Christmas 2 – Caring for the Holy
The collect and readings for today, the Second Sunday after Christmas, may be found here. The gospel appointed for today is Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23. I included the omitted section, verses 16-18. 13Now after they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up, take the child and…
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The Feast of the Holy Name, Jesus
The Feast of the Holy Name is celebrated eight days after the Nativity, January 1. Under the Law of Moses, all male infants were to be circumcised on the eighth day after birth (Lv. 12:3). It was also customary at this time to name the child. The collect and readings for this feast may be…
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Incarnation, Theosis, Ecstasy
In a previous post I wrote about ecstasy; that God is ecstatic and we are called to respond to his ecstasy with our own ecstasy. This double movement of God to humanity and humanity to God underlies the doctrine of theosis and describes the very purpose of incarnation. This double movement is sometimes referred to…
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The Ecstasy of Christmas
The collect and readings for Christmas Day may be found here. The appointed gospel was John 1:1-14. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was in the beginning with God. 3All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being.…
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Interrupting the Silence 