Interrupting the Silence

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  • Crucifixion, A Love Story – A Sermon for Good Friday; John 18:1-19:42

    The collect and readings for Good Friday may be found here. The following sermon is based on John 18:1 – 19:42. I have come to believe that the crucifixion did not kill Jesus. Crucifixion is merely the external force and circumstance of his death. At a deeper level the cross points to the intense relationship Read more

  • Holy Week, Love Week

    Sr. Dorcee has a really thoughtful post, On Entering Holy Week, that reminds us this is a week of love. Love is what makes the week holy. Yes, there is a lot going on this week and yet each day and each liturgy reminds us that we are loved. Each liturgy expresses that in a Read more

  • St. John of the Cross on “Our Most Important Task”

    “Our most important task consists in remaining silent before this great God, silent with our desires as well as with our tongue. He understands only one language, that of silent love.” – St. John of the Cross in a letter to a Carmelite nun Related post: The Feast of St. John of the Cross – Read more

  • As They Love Their Cow

    “Some people want to see God with their eyes as they see a cow, and to love Him as they love their cow – for the milk and cheese and profit it brings them. This is how it is with people who love God for the sake of outward wealth or inward comfort. They do not Read more

  • “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 Read more

  • A Sermon for Good Friday, John 18:1-19:42

    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

  • Love Came Down – St. Symeon the New Theologian

    “Love came down, as is its way, in the appearance of a luminous cloud. I saw it fasten on me and settle upon my head. And it made me cry out, for I was so afraid; and so it flew away and left me alone. Then how ardently I searched after it; and suddenly, completely, Read more