Katharine Jefferts Schori
Presiding Bishop's Pentecost Sermon at St. Philip's in Greenville, South Carolina
Would anybody ever think this congregation was drunk at 9 or 10 in the morning? I know there are Episcopal congregations who serve mimosas at coffee hour, but I don’t know any that pass them out before the service! The onlookers in Jerusalem clearly thought something strange was going on, but Peter insists that at […]
Presiding Bishop's Sermon at St. Andrew's in New Orleans, Louisiana
Thereâs a lot of anxiety around here about oil, and closed fishing grounds, and whatâs going to happen to the marshes. An awful lot of people are praying over this one â and not just folks who live on this coast. There was a great story in the NYT a few days ago about a […]
Presiding bishop asks Episcopalians to pray for Tennesseans following devastating flooding
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has called for Episcopalians to remember the people of Tennessee in prayer, following the recent devastating floods. "My thoughts and prayers are with you in the aftermath of the destructive flooding that struck last weekend," she wrote in a May 7 message. A two-day series of destructive rain storms May […]
Sermon for the Patronal Festival of the Society of St. John the Evangelist
Collect: Eternal Father, whose Son Jesus drew the Beloved Disciple into deep intimacy with himself, and gave him grace to believe at once in his resurrection from the dead: Grant that we, who bear the name of John, may ever be Christ’s friends and witnesses, that through us also many may come to believe that […]
Presiding Bishop's Sermon at Domestic Poverty Summit – Called To Serve
Hear the words of the prophet Micah: What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? (Micah 6:8) And the prophet Amos: …let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream (Amos 5:24) And the words of the prophet […]
Sermon at St. John's Church, Lafayette Square, Washington DC
Who calls us by name? Loved ones, friends, co-workers, and probably the receptionist at the doctor’s office. Most of us guard our names from strangers, in the same way that we guard our passports or ID cards. There’s an intimacy that comes with being known by name that even the raging extroverts among us don’t […]
Sermon at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in County, Maryland
A blessed feast of St. George. Where’s the dragon? St. George is supposed to have a dragon in the neighborhood. Maybe the better question is, who is the dragon? What evil lurks in the hearts of men, as the Shadow used to know? We’re all still besieged by bogeymen, and the fears are the same […]
Presiding Bishop at National Workshop on Christian Unity
A blessed Eastertide to all, and welcome to this opportunity to focus on what we share, what brings us together, our common partnership in God’s mission, the mission to heal and reconcile the world that Jesus claimed as his own. Have you ever noticed that almost every time the resurrected Jesus appears, his disciples respond […]
Sermon at Diocese of Oregon's Consecration of New Bishop
“When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews…” Do you lock the doors around here? I seem to remember that you do, and there’s pretty good evidence that you have a well-controlled […]
'Fear not, for God is with us,' presiding bishop says in Easter Vigil sermon
"Fear not, for God is with us," Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said in her Easter Vigil sermon April 3. "Fear not, and join the feast created before the beginning of the world." Jefferts Schori presided and preached at the Easter Vigil at Christ Church, Binghamton, New York, in the Diocese of Central New York. […]