“Let it be with me according to your word” (Lk. 1:38). Our Gospel reading today is a familiar one, not only to members of the Community of St. Mary but to all of us: the annunciation to the […]
Learn more“This is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day” (Jo. 6:39). Today, thank God for the liturgy, and […]
Learn more“For I have come to call not the righteous but sinners” (Matt. 9:13). Jesus knows his target audience. He’s not looking for people who have it all together: that’s a good thing, because there aren’t many people in […]
Learn more“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you” (Matt. 28:19-20). […]
Learn more“And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting” (Acts 2:2). Biblical life begins with a breath: that is, all creation begins […]
Learn more“Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son so that the Son may glorify you…” (Jo. 17:1). If you want to be a TikTok influencer, your fame has to spread. You have to catch the eye, and capture […]
Learn more“And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever. This is the Spirit of truth…” (Jo. 14:16-17). In our Gospel today, Jesus promises the disciples that he will send […]
Learn more“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (Jo. 14:6). The other day one of our parishioners in the diocese asked me where I usually was on […]
Learn more“He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out” (Jo. 10:3). One of the earliest images of Jesus found in the catacombs of Rome is a drawing of a young, beardless shepherd in the midst of […]
Learn more“Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you; how much less this house which I have built” (1 Kgs 8:27). When the Episcopal Church in Tennessee, after the Second World War, purchased what is now the Dubose […]
Learn more“Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him” (Lk. 24:31). It’s amazing how a familiar gesture, or an intonation of voice, or even a characteristic phrase, can bring someone back to mind. The gesture or phrase is […]
Learn more“I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me” (Jo. 6:38). Every celebration of the Eucharist is a commemoration of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, […]
Learn more“So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation” (2 Cor. 5:17). Easter is a time for new beginnings. During this season, nature itself conspires with the resurrection of Jesus Christ, to lay out before us […]
Learn more“Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe” (Jo. 20:29). Our Gospel reading today is a story of faith, though some may be diverted down another path by “doubting Thomas” and his refusal […]
Learn more“And they went out and proclaimed the good news everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that accompanied it” (Mk. 16:20). Easter isn’t a day, it’s a season: one that goes […]
Learn more“We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him” (Rom. 6:9). There are times when the future arrives suddenly: an inflection point when the face of things […]
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