Mother Katherine’s sermon preached on Feb. 12, 2023
Today’s gospel reading follows immediately after Jesus says, “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.” We are tempted to think in polarizing ways, whether someone is right or wrong, good or bad, obeys the Torah’s way of life, or does not, either abolish or fulfill. And that’s how we tend to think…
Read MoreMother Katherine’s sermon preached on Feb. 5, 2023
Does anyone salt their babies these days? It was news to me too, so I asked Michele, who teaches brand new parents about all of the important health things. She’d never heard of it either. (It is mentioned in Ezekiel.) It is still done in some parts of the world, notably Turkey…
Read MoreTola’s sermon preached on Jan. 29, 2023
Let us consider a very modern phenomena: the Top 10 List. Top 10 Movies of 2022. Top 10 Sandwich Shops. We create Top 10 Lists, and post them on social media. Top 10 German Import Cars. Top 10 Vacation Destinations in California. We invite our friends to respond with their own lists. Top 10 Star Trek Characters. Top 10 Prog Rock Albums…
Read MoreMother Ann’s sermon preached on Jan. 22, 2023
After my six years at St Thomas our paths parted, and I came here to St Michael’s. Eventually word reached me that Hermia’s health was failing, and she let her family know that she wished to be remembered through a memorial gift to this parish, whose life she had quietly followed from afar. The chancel was being remodeled, and she had in mind a new altar rail…
Read MoreMother Katherine’s sermon preached on Jan. 15, 2023
After preaching and baptizing his own disciples, having baptized Jesus, and declared to them “I have seen and have testified that this is the Son of God.” The very next day in front of two of his disciples John exclaims, “Look, here is the Lamb of God!”
Read MoreMother Katherine’s sermon preached on Jan. 8, 2023
Palimpsest is from a Greek word palimpsestus meaning scraped again, originally referred to the re-using of parchment or papyrus pages which had the first writing scraped and washed off and the new text written on it, often several times. The practice dates to the 4th and 5th centuries and often used to write or over-write scripture and other early texts.
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