As We Turn Our Faces, Lent 5 (C) – 2010
[…] faces now toward Palm Sunday and Holy Week, we are given this last Sunday in Lent to ponder God’s gift of generosity and what that generosity means in our lives […]
A Year in the Way of Love
[…] of Life A Year in the Way of Love Amid a rapidly changing and turbu lent world, the church can often lose sight of its reason for existing. Long-established traditions […]
Jefferts Schori calls for marking of ONE Sunday near beginning of Lent
[…] Schori is calling congregations to commemorate “ONE Sunday” on February 25, the First Sunday in Lent. “ONE Sunday” is an effort to join congregations in prayer and reflection for people […]
Go! for Lent: 1 Samuel 3:1-9
[…] Lord, for your servant is listening”, resonate with me in a very direct way this Lent. I recently became a Postulant for the priesthood in The Episcopal Church, and I […]
The Way of Love – 2022
The Annual Appeal: The Way of Love The BLESS Annual Appeal supports the people and programs that boldly proclaim the loving, liberating, and life-giving message of Jesus Christ through sharing […]
Sermon for the Second Sunday of Lent, Diocese of Springfield
I started Lent this year at an Ash Wednesday celebration in Haiti. It was a remarkable experience, with several hundred people and all the clergy of the diocese gathered in […]
Episcopal Presiding Bishop in Haiti on Ash Wednesday: We stand at the beginning of Lent, reminded that we are dust and that we shall return to dust at the last.
English We stand at the beginning of Lent, reminded that we are dust and that we shall return to dust at the last, Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori […]
Why Must a Person Believe in God to Be Nice and Do Good Things?, Lent 2 (B) – 2012
[…] in death, as we are reminded in our Ash Wednesday service at the beginning of Lent. The difference for a Christian is the singular intention to live our lives following […]
What Is an Acceptable Sacrifice…, Lent 2 (C) – 2001
[…] remembering not to cut the turtledove and the young pigeon? Is giving up chocolate for Lent an acceptable sacrifice? Is taking on the time commitment of a new ministry during […]
Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Lent Message 2013: “Learn more, give alms, share what you have.”
English Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori presents a challenge in her Lent Message 2013 to pray, fast, study and give alms. “As you engage this Lent, I would […]
This Voice Has Come for Your Sake, Not for Mine, Lent 5 (B) – 2018
Some foreigners, outsiders, show up for the festival. They say, “We wish to see Jesus.” Philip runs to Andrew and presumably says something along the lines of, “Hey, there are […]
Bible Study: Lent 5 (C) – 2016
[…] knowing Christ Jesus.” We hear this passage in the fifth week of our journey through Lent, a time where we seek to create more space in our lives to enter […]
Gestures Made of Love, Lent 5 (C) – 2016
[…] soon face the grief of losing her beloved teacher and friend to an unjust, vio lent execution. They both had ordeals before them that were on par with or even […]
Go! for Lent: Mark 10:52
[…] by Jesus, because he believed in the Son of David, in His power, and love. Lent is a time of reflection, to believe in Jesus and His sacrifice, to become […]
Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop calls for focus on Millennium Development Goals during Lent 2012
[…] Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori invites a focus on the Millennium Development Goals for Lent 2012. “I invite you to use the Millennium Development Goals as your focus for […]
Today’s Reading Make Us…, Lent 1 (B) – 2000
[…] here, forever if we can.” Uh oh, here comes the nasty part. Epiphany is over. Lent is here. Any good mind, Protestant or Catholic, is starting to think about penance. […]
Life Transformed: The Way of Love in Lent available in Spanish
English The journey through Lent into Easter is a journey with Jesus. We are baptized into his life, self-giving and death; then we rise in hope to life transformed. This […]
First Sunday in Lent
[…] is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news.” Printable Lectionary Readings Lent 1BDownload Find more resources for Lent 1B Sermons Bible Study
Fourth Sunday in Lent
[…] the light, so that it may be clearly seen that their deeds have been done in God.” Printable Lectionary Readings Lent 4BDownload Find more resources for Lent 4B Sermons Bible Study
The Readings Today Start Out…, Lent 2 (A) – 1996
[…] the point at which, finally, the promises of God touch our own lives, especially in Lent. Despite our popular pieties, Lent is a time for engaging our new life in […]