Interrupting the Silence

Tag: Migrants

  • Spoiler Alert: Christmas Happens In The Real World – A Sermon On Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23

    Spoiler Alert: Christmas Happens In The Real World – A Sermon On Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23

    I think today’s gospel (Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23) should have come with a spoiler alert. So here it is. Are you ready?  Spoiler Alert: Christmas happens in the real world; not in the candlelight of a silent night, and not away in a manger.  Here’s why I say that: Today’s gospel spoils whatever sentimental or romantic Read more

  • The Flight To Egypt In Poetry And Music

    The Flight To Egypt In Poetry And Music

    This coming Sunday one option for the gospel is the Holy Family’s flight to Egypt (Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23). Every time read this story I remember the words of poet George Szirtes and the music of Richard Causton. Richard Causton is the composer of the 2015 commissioned Christmas Carol, “The Flight,” performed by King’s College during Read more

  • Getting To The Heart Of The Migrant Situation – A Sermon On John 14:23-29

    Getting To The Heart Of The Migrant Situation – A Sermon On John 14:23-29

    Will we live with our hearts at peace or at war? That’s the question each one of us must answer, and we do. Every day we answer that question and our answer to that question determines our way of being toward others. How do we want to be toward the other? Read more

  •  A Litany of Prayer for Refugees, Migrants, and Displaced Persons

     A Litany of Prayer for Refugees, Migrants, and Displaced Persons

    For the refugees, migrants, and displaced persons of this world, Lord, hear our prayer, and let our cry come to you. O God, do not be silent; Do not keep still nor hold your peace, O God.  God the Father, Creator of heaven and earth, Have mercy upon them.  God the Son, Redeemer of the Read more