Interrupting the Silence

Easter: A Noun or a Verb?

April 27, 2011

“Let him easter in us….” That is one of the last lines (line 277) in the poem “The Wreck of the Deutschland” by Gerald Manley Hopkins (July 28, 1844 – June 8, 1889), an English Jesuit priest and poet. Hopkins is writing about a steamship, The Deutschland, that ran aground about twenty-five miles off the Read more
Run For Your Life, You Will See Him – An Easter Sermon on Matthew 28:1-10

April 24, 2011

The collect and readings for Easter may be found here. The appointed gospel is Matthew 28:1-10. After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And suddenly there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, Read more
A Sermon for Holy Saturday, Matthew 27:57-66

April 23, 2011

The collect and readings for Holy Saturday may be found here. The appointed gospel is Matthew 27:57-66. When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus. He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus; then Pilate ordered it to be given Read more
A Sermon for Good Friday, John 18:1-19:42

April 22, 2011

The collect and readings for Good Friday may be found here. The appointed gospel is John 18:1-19:42. What do you see when you look at the cross? The sin of the world? Suffering, pain, loss? Sorrow, separation, death? To some degree all that is present in the crucifixion. No doubt, all of those things are Read more
A Sermon for Maundy Thursday, John 13:1-17, 31-35

April 21, 2011

The collect and readings for Maundy Thursday may be found here. The appointed gospel is John 13:1-17, 31-35, Jesus washing the disciples’ feet. Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the Read more
A Sermon for Wednesday in Holy Week, John 13:21-32

April 20, 2011

The collect and readings for Wednesday in Holy Week may be found here. The appointed gospel is John 13:21-32. After saying this Jesus was troubled in spirit, and declared, “Very truly, I tell you, one of you will betray me.” The disciples looked at one another, uncertain of whom he was speaking. One of his 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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