“Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book” (Jo. 20:30). Easter is a season, not a day. The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is such […]
Learn more“But these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them” (Lk. 24:11). Our Vigil service this evening began with readings from the Old Testament: part of a liturgy traditionally seen as the Church’s […]
Learn more“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not be in want” (Ps. 23:1). The image of the shepherd is tightly bound up with the story of Israel. The family of Abraham were shepherds, after all, bringing their flocks […]
Learn more“This one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus” (Phil. 3:13-14). Sports fans […]
Learn more“Let anyone who is thirsty come to me, and let the one who believes in me drink” (Jo. 7: 37-38). By my calculation, this is the twenty-eighth day of Lent: twenty-eight days into it, with twelve more to […]
Learn more“Lord, you have searched me out and known me…” (Ps. 139:1). “Know thyself”: this was saying inscribed upon the ancient Temple of Apollo at Delphi; an invitation to philosophic introspection and to the journey within. Who are we? […]
Learn more“So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation” (2 Cor. 5:17). The Big Bang theory posits that the universe began with an explosion of energy, of heat and light, that expanded rapidly and eventually resulted […]
Learn more“But our citizenship is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ” (Phil. 3:20). St. Paul wrote the Letter to the Philippians to a small group of Christians who […]
Learn more“The Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm”(Deut. 26:8). Students of the Scriptures tell us that our first reading, from Deuteronomy, contains one of the most ancient confessions of faith that we find […]
Learn more“’Follow me, and I will make you fish for people.’ Immediately they left their nets and followed him” (Matt. 4:19-20). Today we return to the beginning, where this church started: under the providential patronage of St. Andrew the […]
Learn more“And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another”(2 Cor. 3:18). Ancient Israel had […]
Learn more“The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground” (Mk. 4:26). Most of us have lives that are pretty distant from the land; and most of us are probably unfamiliar with the way […]
Learn more“And he kissed all his brothers and wept upon them” (Gen. 45:18). When Christians read the Old Testament, they see in it the figure of the New: in other words, when we read the ancient stories of the […]
Learn more“The heart is devious above all else; it is perverse– who can understand it?” (Jer. 17:9). “What was he thinking?”: it’s the sort of thing we say when we are confronted by unaccountable and inexplicable human behavior. True […]
Learn more“They were on the road, going up to Jerusalem”(Mk. 10:32). We are very grateful to the Dean and staff of Virginia Seminary this year for hosting the Orientale Lumen Conference, and for gathering us for worship at this […]
Learn more“Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips” (Is. 6:5). In January I was with a bishop from East Africa, a friend from the last few years, who was speaking about the […]
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