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29 March 2024 Good Friday

Surely he has borne our infirmities and carried our diseases;yet we accounted him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.But he was wounded for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities;upon him was the punishment that made us whole, and by his bruises we are healed. From Isaiah 52:13-53:12 NRSV Today we hear a long and very…
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31 January 2024

So the Lord sent a pestilence on Israel from that morning until the appointed time; and seventy thousand of the people died, from Dan to Beer-sheba. But when the angel stretched out his hand towards Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord relented concerning the evil, and said to the angel who was bringing destruction among the people, ‘It is…
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12 November 2023 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Wisdom is radiant and unfading,and she is easily discerned by those who love her,and is found by those who seek her.She hastens to make herself known to those who desire her.One who rises early to seek her will have no difficulty,for she will be found sitting at the gate. From Wisdom 6:12-16 NRSV In today’s…
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26 October 2023

When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. So what advantage did you then get from the things of which you now are ashamed? The end of those things is death. But now that you have been freed from sin and enslaved to God, the advantage you get is sanctification.…
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15 October 2023 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time

On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-matured wines, of rich food filled with marrow, of well-matured wines strained clear.And he will destroy on this mountain the shroud that is cast over all peoples, the sheet that is spread over all nations;he will swallow…
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27 May 2023 Saint Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop

So deeply do we care for you that we are determined to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you have become very dear to us. From 1 Thessalonians 2:2-8, NRSV At the beginning of this reading, we hear Paul referring to the opposition and rough treatment…
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23 November 2022

And I saw what appeared to be a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name standing beside the sea of glass with harps of God in their hands. And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song…
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7 July 2022

When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.The more I called them, the more they went from me;they kept sacrificing to the Baals, and offering incense to idols. I led them with cords of human kindness,    with bands of love.I was to them like those    who lift infants…
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20 March 2022 3rd Sunday of Lent

But Moses said to God, ‘If I come to the Israelites and say to them, “The God of your ancestors has sent me to you”, and they ask me, “What is his name?” what shall I say to them?’ God said to Moses, ‘I am who I am.’ He said further, ‘Thus you shall say to the Israelites, “I am has sent…
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March 9 2022

Now Nineveh was an exceedingly large city, a three days’ walk across. Jonah began to go into the city, going a day’s walk. And he cried out, ‘Forty days more, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!’ And the people of Nineveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast, and everyone, great and small, put on sackcloth. From…
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