Katharine Jefferts Schori
Presiding Bishop's Sermon at the Opening Eucharist of the House of Bishops
The righteous and the unrighteous – how do we tell who’s who? It’s an eternal worry, isn’t it?In the conversation in Wisdom, there is at least a whiff of the victim’s complaint about the unrighteous whose aim in life is to go out and “get” the righteous ones. “Lie in wait for him, test him […]
Presiding Bishop's Sermon on Feast of Polycarp at Consortium of Endowed Parishes
When was the last time you were called on to confess your faith? Some of you were lamenting the challenge of that when we talked yesterday morning. Well, today we’re celebrating the feast of a confessor. Polycarp is not exactly a household word, but the more I’ve thought about it, the more fitting this synchronicity […]
Presiding Bishop’s Lenten message 2008
The Church gradually took on the discipline of Lent in solidarity with those preparing for baptism at the Easter Vigil. That preparation work has traditionally been summarized as prayer and study, fasting, and almsgiving. Today we might remember the origins of Lent, take in our traditional understandings, and use these 40 days plus Sundays to prepare to renew our own baptismal vows. This ancient understanding of prayer, study, fasting, and almsgiving shapes the lives we lead. Each of us is baptized into a life of relationship with God (prayer), relationship with self on behalf of others (fasting), and relationship with all the rest of creation (almsgiving). Lent brings a regular opportunity to tune up our Christian life and relationships.
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori (TEC) and Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson (ELCA) Issue Joint Statement on Refugees at Resettlement Site
We are confronted by the overwhelming reality that 33 million people worldwide are refugees — people who have been uprooted by violence and persecution, including 13 million people who have fled their countries of origin and more than 20 million displaced people within the borders of their homelands. We give thanks that this has not […]
Presiding Bishop's Sermon at Southwestern Virginia's Annual Council
I spent much of my early adult life towing nets around behind different kinds of ships. It was fishing in the interest of basic science. Sometimes, the intent was to catch a particular kind of fish ' like the summer I spent studying the food habits of flatfish in Yaquina Bay, Oregon. Another student and […]
Presiding Bishop’s 2007 Christmas message
Eyes to see: Finding Immanuel as immigrant, wanderer, child
Presiding Bishop's sermon at 'Towards Peace in Korea' Opening Eucharist
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori preached at the Opening Eucharist of the worldwide Anglican peace conference, Towards Peace In Korea (TOPIK), which commenced November 14 in Seoul, South Korea. The full text of the Presiding Bishop’s sermon follows. Towards Peace in Korea Paju/Seoul, Opening Eucharist November 16, 2007 The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts […]
Presiding Bishop's sermon at Christ Episcopal Church, Dearborn, Michigan
Proper 25, Year C Christ Church, Dearborn, Michigan (Executive Council) 28 October 2007 The Executive Council is meeting in a hotel not too far away, and usually when we meet in hotels we’re not the only group there. When we met in Chicago last year there was a convention of North American Roman Catholic […]
Presiding Bishop’s opening remarks at October 16 webcast
Greetings to all of you in the Episcopal Church, from Taiwan to Europe, Alaska to Ecuador, and everywhere between and beyond. I am grateful for the opportunity to address you again, and I thank Trinity Church, New York, for once more making this format possible. I am sure that many of you are well aware […]
Presiding Bishop's homily at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco
The full text of Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori’s September 30 homily at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, follows here, checked against delivery. The Feast of St. Michael and All Angels, observed September 30, 2007 Grace Cathedral, San Francisco Genesis 28:10-17 Psalm 103:19-22 Revelation 12:7-12 John 1:47-51 Popular culture is filled with references to […]