An Episcopal Priest's Sermons, Prayers, and Reflections on Life, Becoming Human, and Discovering Our Divinity
The Book of Occasional Services, one of the liturgical books in the Episcopal Church, offers several blessings specific to seasons and feast days. It does not, however, offer a blessing specific to the Feast of the Presentation, a major feast…
Read More A Blessing Specific to the Feast of the Presentation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHaBEQE8JQI Nunc dimittis, the Song of Simeon, from the Feast of the Presentation: Lord, you now have set your servant free to go in peace as you have promised; For these eyes of mine have seen the Savior, whom you…
Read More Arvo Pärt’s Nunc dimittis
I recently heard a man say, “I feel as if I have dropped into my own life and it fits.” It made me smile. It was such a great description. I think we all want to be able to say…
Read More A Life that Fits – A Sermon on Luke 2:22-40 for the Feast of the Presentation
The collect and readings for the Feast of the Presentation may be found here. The story of Jesus' presentation in the temple is found in Luke 2:22-40. ----- They met in the temple, Mary and Joseph, Anna, Simeon, Jesus. How…
Read More Longing – A Reflection on the Feast of the Presentation, Luke 2:22-40
The Feast of the Presentation of our Lord in the Temple was February 2. It is a fixed date feast always falling forty days after Christmas. The collect and readings for the feast may be found here. The appointed gospel…
Read More A Sermon for The Feast of the Presentation (Candlemas)
Guided by the Spirit, Simeon came into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him what was customary under the law, Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying, “Master, now…
Read More Who is Presenting Whom?
Today, February 2, is the Feast of the Presentation of our Lord in the Temple. The gospel for this feast tells us about Anna, an 84 year old widow, a prophet, who "never left the temple but worshiped there with…
Read More The Temple of the Heart
The Feast of the Presentation of our Lord in the Temple is celebrated on a fixed date, February 2, about forty days after Christmas. It is one of the major feasts in the church year. The Eastern Church calls it…
Read More The Feast of the Presentation
Interrupting the Silence 