Mother Katherine’s sermon preached on Mar. 19, 2023
Sermon preached by the Rev. Katherine Sedwick, Rector, on the Fourth Sunday in Lent, Mar. 19, 2023: “Vision and eyesight are not the same thing but are related; eyesight is a physical occurrence, vision happens in the mind or soul, often from what we see and how we interpret it. In this story we find rich layers of elements important to John. First lets notice that the man’s sight is not restored…”
Read MoreMother Katherine’s sermon preached on Mar. 12, 2023
Sermon preached by the Rev. Katherine Sedwick, Rector, on the Third Sunday in Lent, Mar. 12, 2023: “Today’s gospel is like a surprise ball, inviting us to look carefully at what is revealed. I want to start our ‘unwrapping’ using this icon of the Woman at the Well, (rarely seen as it’s in a private collection of the British Province of the Society of Jesus). It’s unusual for several reasons, the first one I noticed is that they are both are seated….”
Read MoreMother Katherine’s sermon preached on Mar. 5, 2023
Sermon preached by the Rev. Katherine Sedwick, Rector, on the Second Sunday in Lent, Mar. 5, 2023: “Pilgrims flowed from the villages of Judea and Samaria and beyond on their way to Jerusalem for the great Jewish festivals. We are told they’d chant or sing the ‘Songs of Ascent’ (a group including psalms 120 – 134) like 121 which we shared today. They’d sing it by call and response on their way up to ‘God’s holy mountain,’ a destination always designated as “going up,” and leading to worship in the temple…”
Read MoreMother Ann’s sermon preached on Feb. 26, 2023
Sermon preached by the Rev. Dr. Ann P. Lukens, Rector Emeritus, on the First Sunday in Lent, Feb. 26, 2023.
Read MoreMother Katherine’s sermon preached on Feb. 22, 2023
As you just heard, today we are invited into Lent, here and now, body and soul. The Prayerbook phrases this as an invitation and does so only this day and for the Easter Vigil; “…the Church invites her members, dispersed throughout the world, to gather in vigil and prayer. For this is the Passover of the Lord, in which, by hearing his Word and celebrating his Sacraments, we share in his victory over death.”
Read MoreMother Katherine’s sermon preached on Feb. 19, 2023
We call the gospel you just heard ‘The Transfiguration of Jesus’ and in leading Peter, James and John up the mountain with him means we get to tag along as disciples ourselves in this scene. Picture being one of four people on that mountain as evening descends; how strange to see the light appearing to surround Jesus, did it come from him?
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