Interrupting the Silence

Category: Liturgical Feasts and Fasts

  • 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:… Read more

  • Magnifying Mary; It Is Truly Meet.

    Today, August 15, is the Feast of St. Mary. As the one who on earth stood in the most intimate relationship with the incarnate Son of God, she, of all the human race, must have the place of highest honor in the eternal life of God. (Holy Women, Holy Men) “It is truly right to… Read more

  • Call to the Inner Life – Remembering Evelyn Underhill

    Originally posted on Interrupting the Silence: Sometime around 1931 Evelyn Underhill wrote a letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Cosmo Gordon Lang (1928-1942), about the inner life of the clergy. Her concern was that the multiplicity of the clergy’s duties had diminished some priests’ grounding in a life of prayer. Underhill’s concerns are as relevant… Read more

  • A Sermon for Trinity Sunday – Romans 8:12-17; John 3:1-17

    The collect and readings for the First Sunday after Pentecost: Trinity Sunday, may be found here. The following sermon is based on Romans 8:12-17 and John 3:1-17. When my younger son, Randy, was about four years old he would wake up about four thirty in the morning and call out, “Dad, Daaad! Can I sleep… Read more

  • Co-conspirators with God – A Sermon for the Feast of Pentecost: Acts 2:1-21; Ezekiel 37:1-14

    The collect and readings for the Feast of Pentecost may be found here. Think about a moment when you held another person so close that you could hear his or her breathing, the sound of life. Maybe it was your husband or wife, a parent, your child, or a grandchild. You could feel his or… Read more

  • “Why do you stand looking up to heaven?” – A Sermon for the Feast of the Ascension

    The collect and readings for the Feast of the Ascension may be found here. The following sermon is based on Acts 1:1-11 and Luke 24:44-53. We live in a world in which up is better than down. Singers want to be at the top of the charts, athletes want to be on top of their… Read more

  • Quotations from St. Julian of Norwich.

    Today, May 8, is the Feast of St. Julian of Norwich. When Julian was thirty years old she became  gravely ill and was given last rites. On the seventh day of her illness, all pain left her, and she had a series of fifteen vision of our Lord’s passion. She recorded these in a book… Read more

  • Learning to See Satisfaction – A Sermon on John 14:6-14 for the Feast of St. Philip

    The collect and readings for the Feast of St. Philip may be found here. The following sermon is based on John 14:6-14. Several weeks ago I had the opportunity to visit someone in his home. It was the first time I had been there so he gave me a tour. The hallways were filled with… Read more

  • Blessing of an Icon – The Protection of Philip

    Tonight at our celebration of the Feast of St. Philip we will bless our icon, The Protection of Philip. The icon shows Jesus and St. Philip standing together. Jesus is on the right side of the icon with his right arm around Philip. In his left hand Jesus holds a scroll that says, “If you have seen… Read more