An Episcopal Priest's Sermons, Prayers, and Reflections on Life, Becoming Human, and Discovering Our Divinity
The sanctified person is someone no longer separated. And he is only sanctified to the extent that he understands in practice that he is no longer separated from anyone or anything. He bears humanity in himself, all human beings in…
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It is divine to love those who hate. It is diabolical to hate and insult those who love. It is human to love those who love, to hate those who hate. But - "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your…
Read More Called to Perfection
Yesterday we celebrated the Proper Liturgy for the Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday. One of the primary themes of this day is the triumphal entry into Jerusalem. This year the story of the triumphal entry came from Mark 11:1-11.…
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Our continual mistake is that we do not concentrate upon the present day, the actual hour, of our life; we live in the past or the future; we are continually expecting the coming of some special moment when our life…
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Our spiritual health and growth, like our physical health and growth, depend on daily exercise. The church often refers to this exercise as ascesis. Ascesis involves commitment, practice, and the remembrance of what is important. True ascesis becomes a way…
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The American Book of Common Prayer invites us to the observance of a holy Lent, in part, by reading and meditating on God's holy Word. The invitation, however, is not just to read the words but to let the Word…
Read More Spiritual Reading – Formation or Information?
One of the traditional Lenten practices is self-denial. Often this leaves us asking the question, "What should I give up for Lent?" The answers vary - candy, bread, wine, shopping, blogging.... We endure for God's sake forty days of self-denial.…
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Interrupting the Silence 