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The Angelic Salutation to the Virgin Mary
Theotokos Virgin, rejoice, Mary full of grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, for you have borne the Savior of our souls.
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We Do Not Believe in the Nicene Creed
“One night the Master led his disciples into the open fields and a star-studded sky. Then, pointing toward the stars, he looked at the disciples and said, ‘Now concentrate on my finger, everyone.’ They got the point.” (Anthony DeMello, One Minute Nonsense, 135) In another story DeMello is less subtle about his meaning: “When the sage…
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On the Death of a Child
It is a connection I never imagined or wanted. Nine days after the death of my son I officiated and preached at the wedding of a young couple. Nine days before the third anniversary of my son’s death I officiated and preached the following sermon at the funeral of that young couple’s baby. Born prematurely,…
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On the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel and Every Day
Holy Archangel, Michael, be my companion this day, a guardian and protector along the way. Defend me from the evil one. Stay with me in the day of battle. Pray for me, Michael, you who are well pleasing to God. Pray for me that I may know the mercy and salvation of Christ. Related Posts:…
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Believing in the Giver of Life
For most of us, I suspect, there are moments when the existential questions of life can no longer be answered, ignored, or denied by focusing on our careers, jobs, marriages, families, acquisitions, or accomplishments. Who am I? What is my purpose? What have I really accomplished? How will I be remembered? Will I even be…
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Urgent Need Makes A Real Meditation
“Habitual self-complacency is almost always a sign of spiritual stagnation. The complacent no longer feel in themselves any real indigence, an urgent need for God. Their meditations are comfortable, reassuring and inconclusive. Their mental prayer quickly degenerates into day-dreaming, distractions or plain undisguised sleep. For this reason trials and temptations can prove to be a…
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Room Enough, A Place for Everyone
The collect and readings for the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 20B, may be found here. The following sermon is based on Mark 9:30-37. “They had argued with one another who was the greatest.” We shouldn’t be too surprised. We’ve probably been a part of such arguments. From sibling rivalry to be mom and dad’s…
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The Scandal of Being Human
Every time we say the Nicene Creed we profess the world’s greatest scandal. God chose to become human. God chose to reveal himself through flesh and blood. God chose to enter this world in the usual way, to be born of a human mother the same as you and I were. God chose to live…
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Five Things We Believe About God
“We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.” With just twenty-one words the Nicene Creed describes God. Twenty-one words? That’s it? Surely there is more that can be said about God. I suspect there is. Maybe, however, that’s not the question. Maybe the better question…
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Interrupting the Silence 