“I will not leave you orphaned.” – A Sermon on John 14:15-21, Easter 6A

The collect and readings for the Sixth Sunday after Easter may be found here. The appointed gospel is John 14:15-21. If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever. This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows … Continue reading “I will not leave you orphaned.” – A Sermon on John 14:15-21, Easter 6A

Michael K. MarshMay 30, 2011May 30, 201111 Comments

Lectionary

For God All Things Are Possible

Then Job answered: 2“Today also my complaint is bitter; his hand is heavy despite my groaning. 3Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his dwelling! 4I would lay my case before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. 5I would learn what he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me. 6Would he contend … Continue reading For God All Things Are Possible

Michael K. MarshOctober 11, 200911 Comments

Church Seasons, Prayer, Saints

Prayer of Abandonment

The Lenten desert is the place of abandonment. It is the place in which we learn to entrust and abandon ourselves to God. It is also the place where we discover the many ways in which we hold back and refuse to abandon ourselves to the mercy of God. All of this takes us to Holy Week, perhaps the ultimate act of abandonment. Our triumphal … Continue reading Prayer of Abandonment

Michael K. MarshApril 2, 2009April 2, 20098 Comments

Interrupting the Silence

An Episcopal Priest's Sermons, Prayers, and Reflections on Life, Becoming Human, and Discovering Our Divinity

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“I will not leave you orphaned.” – A Sermon on John 14:15-21, Easter 6A

For God All Things Are Possible

Prayer of Abandonment