The Gift of Discernment: Lenten Meditation, 3/22/2013
[…] can be to make these choices and wrestle with these questions, I am reminded this Lent that the fact that I have any choices at all is truly a gift. […]
Presiding Bishop’s Opening Remarks for Churchwide Webcast Trinity Church, Wall Street, New York City
[…] discomfort in the face of change which characterizes all of life. On the Sunday before Lent began, we heard an account of the transfiguration. Jesus goes up the mountain with […]
Peace Under Black Light: Lenten Meditation, 2/27/2013
[…] of peace. And so then, we keep doing our best. But as we move through Lent, we ask the Spirit to also enlighten us. We ask the Spirit to grow […]
For All the Saints, All Saints’ Day (A) – 1999
[…] commemoration of all faithful departed was celebrated in the Eastern churches on the Saturday before Lent. And in the eighth century, the Western Church, beginning in monastic communities, established November […]
Central Gulf Coast Men’s Fellowship Retreat
[…] it gets easier with practice and when we do it in community. The discipline of Lent, and of all Christian living, is about helping to shape habits for that way […]
Sermon for Holy Communion, Memphis, TN
[…] the reign of God. What security or certainty keeps you from picking up a cross? Lent is supposed to include self-denial, which is one reason this gospel turns up so […]
Diocese of Taiwan Convention
[…] comforted his people, and will have compassion on his suffering ones. May this season of Lent bring a new willingness to see the suffering around us and embrace them. That […]
Sermon for St. Christopher’s, Lubbock, TX
[…] up showing up and being willing to be put to Gods work. The season of Lent is about developing our capacity for showing up, for turning toward the light. In […]
Calendar of the Church Year, The
[…] the BCP, pp. 880-885. The date of Easter determines the beginning of the season of Lent on Ash Wednesday and the date of Pentecost on the fiftieth day of the […]
Task Force on Study of Marriage releases study guide, discussion resources
[…] provisión de recursos para esta reflexión, nosotros hemos explorado profundamente el matrimonio a través del lente de las Escrituras, la tradición y la razón. Hemos estudiado y hemos consultado ampliamente. […]
Episcopal Church offers prayers, reflections, videos, meditations for Lenten season
Centering on the theme “Things done and left undone,” Lenten prayers, video reflections and penitential meditations have been assembled by the program staff of The Episcopal Church for use throughout […]
The challenge of patience
As we prepare for Ash Wednesday and our Lenten disciplines this week, I would like to request a moment of personal privilege in the blogosphere. Thank you for indulging me. […]
Sermon for San Lucas in Chelsea, MA and St. Paul's Cathedral in Boston, MA
[…] your eyes, settle in, and hear God saying it to you. Spend a few minutes each morning and evening this Lent, and notice how your other conversations change. Spend some time.
Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori Asks in sermon, When was the last time you met the devil?
[…] some on themselves, because, they say, resurrection is God”s cosmic joke on the devil. If Lent is a preparation for Easter, new life in baptism, and a new kind of […]
Presiding Bishop's sermon at Christ Episcopal Church, Dearborn, Michigan
[…] fasting or feasting without the other — the feast that comes at the end of Lent is a greater joy when we’ve really fasted. The daily evening feast in the […]
Presiding Bishop Preaches on Annunciation to Open House of Bishops
[…] show upâ or âI will, with Godâs help.â We never do it perfectly, but then, Lent is an especially appropriate season in which to practice. Weâre meant to show up […]
Redeemed by Faith: Lenten Meditation, 3/19/2013
[…] three things I love: God, my daddy and food – especially bacon! I also love Lent. It is my favorite church season, thus I devour anything related to keeping a […]
300 Year Anniversary of St. Andrew Episcopal Church, Staten Island
[…] for building a church and buying farm and timberland to support the work. Queen Anne lent her support as well, sending a silver communion set and confirming the land transfers. […]
Christ Church Durham 350th Anniversary Sermon
[…] Church going to live in the midst of this change? Weâre in the middle of Lent, a whole season of remembering what it means to die and rise again. The […]
On Baptism
[…] the Holy Name, but because it was the anniversary of my great-grandfather’s birth and also lent dignity and high purpose to a New Year’s Day party. How times have changed, […]