Writings
Some New Year's thoughts
As we greet 2005 and hang our new calendars, many of us also adopt…
The Presiding Bishop's Christmas Message
Though we are now exchanging our "Merry Christmas" greetings, and carols fill the air…
Finding our way
Just before Halloween, Phoebe and I, on a weekend away, drove down a familiar…
A sermon preached at St. Mary the Virgin Episcopal Church, Times Square
The Most Rev. Frank T. Griswold Presiding Bishop and Primate St. Mary the Virgin…
A Statement from the Presiding Bishop
Having come through one of the most vitriolic and divisive election campaigns any of…
Do we really need a hurricane?
Since august, our newspapers and televisions screens have been filled with images showing palm…
Our need for hospitable hearts
As you read this, we will have just observed the Feast of St. Michael…
Encountering Christ
The somewhat slower pace that characterizes summer is speeding up as autumn descends upon…
A Word to the Church
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ: The last weeks of the Easter Season…
The Peace of Christ
ON MAY 30 we mark the end of the Great 50 Days of Easter…
Meeting Mary
“May is Mary’s month, and I / Muse at that and wonder why…” Thus…
The Cross of Jesus
A short time ago I went with a friend to see The Passion of…
The Presiding Bishop’s Easter Message 2004
English There is no evil that humankind can commit that Jesus has not taken…
The Church is for the sake of the world
At the conclusion of a meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) and Primates…
Manna surrounds us:
With each season of the church year we are given a particular lens for…
A word to the Episcopal Church
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ: It has been a little more than…
Sermon by the Presiding Bishop at Washington National Cathedral
The Most Rev. Frank T. Griswold Presiding Bishop and Primate The Episcopal Church, USA…
World Mission Sunday 2004 Letter
English January, 2004 Dear friends in Christ: With delight and thanksgiving, we send you…
The mystery of our baptism:
Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized…
Tracking down the Holy Ghost
Advent, the season which begins the church year, is a time of waiting and…
Welcome the morning star….
The piercing wail of a newborn child shatters the silence of the night, and…
A Letter to the Clergy
My brothers and sisters, Over the past months I have become increasingly aware of…
For the Primates of the Anglican Communion
My dear brothers in Christ, Grace to you and peace from God our Father…
A Word to the Church
I have just returned several hours ago from the meeting of the Primates in…
Supported by Prayer
I have been traveling a great deal in these last weeks, including to two…
The ‘gift of God’
Recently I spent several days at a Benedictine monastery in upstate New York. I…
The Presiding Bishop's Statement on the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride
The 74th General Convention of our Church, acknowledging the urgency of protecting and enhancing…
Claiming our Anglican Charism
DURING OUR GENERAL Convention in Minneapolis, media observers frequently noted that the Episcopal Church…
Presiding Bishop Griswold's Friday sermon
Readings: Romans 10:13-17; Psalm 96:1-7; John 7:16-18 On this, the last day of this…
Sermon: Friday August 8, 2003
On this, the last day of this General Convention, the Church invites us to…