April 4: Easter Sunday
As daffodils break from the ground in bloom and shots break the skin of our arms, death has been defeated.
April 4: Easter Sunday Read More »
As daffodils break from the ground in bloom and shots break the skin of our arms, death has been defeated.
April 4: Easter Sunday Read More »
“Death was angered when it met you in the pit.” It was angered because it was abolished. It was angered because it was mocked. It was angered because it was slain. It was angered because it was chained up. Death swallowed a body and choked on God.
April 3: The Great Vigil of Easter Read More »
An extemporaneous reflection for Holy Saturday.
April 3: Holy Saturday Read More »
Today on this Good Friday, when Jesus lets himself be betrayed handed over to sinners, and dies because of our sins, it is in the cross of Christ we glory.
April 2: Good Friday Read More »
Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. “‘I give you a new commandment,’ Jesus said, ‘that you love one another.’”
April 1: Maundy Thursday Read More »
The Rev. Joseph Peters-Mathews is the vicar of St. Hilda St. Patrick. The sermon for Sunday, March 28, was preached in response to Philippians 2.5-11 and Mark 14.1-15.47. Next year,not just me reading.Maybe next yearnot even me reading.As we end Lentand start Holy Week,we see how fickle we are,how just human we are.Within the span
March 28: The Sunday of the Passion – Palm Sunday Read More »
The time has come for Jesus to be glorified. The time has come for Jesus to let go of his life for the redemption of the cosmos…As Jesus draws all people to himself he sets the example and tells his followers what they must do to follow him.
March 21: The Fifth Sunday in Lent Read More »
As we move closer to Easter, and closer to the baptismal font, the Church couldn’t be any clearer: it is by grace that we have been saved not through anything we have done or can do or will do on our own.
March 14: The Fourth Sunday in Lent Read More »
During the season of Lent, when the church calls us to reflect on our mortality and renew our commitment to following Jesus, we need all the reminders we can get that Jesus’ Way of Love is not the way of power.
March 7: The Third Sunday in Lent Read More »
Fred Shuttlesworth said, “You have to be prepared to die before you can begin to live.” That’s exactly what Jesus tells his disciples through time in this passage. It’s what the church asks us to contemplate as we move toward the font at the Easter Vigil and engage this Lent in discipling not disciplining. That’s good news!
February 28: The Second Sunday in Lent Read More »