Epifanía 1 (A) – 2020
“Ahora entiendo que de veras Dios no hace diferencia entre una persona y otra, sino que en cualquier nación acepta a los que lo reverencian y hacen lo bueno”. En los Hechos de los Apóstoles, Pedro, todavía impactado y conmovido por los acontecimientos de la pasión, muerte y resurrección de Cristo y por el evento…
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Jan 12, 2020
Let Nothing Disturb You…, Proper 7 (A) – 2002
Let nothing disturb you,Let nothing make you afraid,All things are passing,God never changes.Patience obtains all things.Nothing is lacking to the one who has God–God alone is enough. These words, from a meditation titled “St. Teresa’s bookmark,” are a fine summary of today’s readings from Scripture. They all speak to us, strangely enough, about the gift…
SermonsSermons That WorkThe Season After Pentecost
Jun 23, 2002
Bible Study: Proper 12 (B) – 2021
RCL: 2 Samuel 11:1-15; Psalm 14; Ephesians 3:14-21; John 6:1-21 2 Samuel 11:1-15 Not only was David an inspired leader, but he was also the “Don Corleone” of his age. This king reveals his mafioso-like cunning – he carefully arranges the death of an unwitting rival while distancing himself from the terrible deed. It is…
Bible StudiesSermons That WorkThe Season After Pentecost
Jun 8, 2021
Imagine Being Married…, Easter 3 (B) – 1997
Imagine being married for 13, 14, 15, maybe even 20 years or more…and thinking that things were generally pretty good between you and your spouse. There were occasional ups and downs, like every marriage. And then, out of the blue one day your spouse comes to you and says, “I’ve filed for divorce.” After the…
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Apr 13, 1997
Último Domingo después de la Epifanía (A) – 2008
Todos los años el leccionario nos presenta la transfiguración del Señor como la culminación del tiempo de la Epifanía y como anticipación del tiempo de la Cuaresma, para que tengamos presente que Jesús, desde el primer momento, tuvo poder de transcender todo dolor y sufrimiento. Las lecturas de este domingo están estrechamente conectadas. Mateo nos…
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Mar 3, 2008
Pentecost 3 Selected Sermon
In the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, there is a painting hanging in a distant, back hallway. The painting commemorates the first use of ether as anesthesia during an operation, which occurred at Mass General near the turn of the century. As I recall it, there is a brief narrative on the wall near the…
SermonsSermons That WorkThe Season After Pentecost
Jun 8, 1997
Epifanía 5 (A) – 2017
¿Qué estás haciendo con tu vida? Ésta es una pregunta que todos nos hacemos en varios momentos de nuestra vida. Es la pregunta detrás de los sueños de los niños y las historias sobre lo que van a ser y lo que van a hacer cuando crezcan. Los jóvenes luchan con esta pregunta mientras planean su futuro, eligen universidades,…
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Feb 5, 2017
Epifanía 6 (B) – 2012
Celebramos el sexto domingo después de Epifanía. La primera lectura y el evangelio de este domingo nos relatan la sanación milagrosa de dos personas aquejadas por la lepra. La primera lectura nos presenta la curación de Naamán, jefe del ejército del rey de Siria. Naamán visita la tierra de Israel buscando ser sanado de lepra…
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Feb 11, 2012
Bestowing Life, Easter 4 (C) – 2025
[RCL] Acts 9:36-43; Psalm 23; Revelation 7:9-17; John 10:22-30 Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life. Psalm 23 — and the idea of the Good Shepherd — saturate Western society. Not that that’s a bad thing! “My Shepherd Will Supply My Need,” “The…
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Apr 21, 2025
A People without Boundaries, Proper 5 (C) – 2013
A widow is walking a dusty road. The sun is in the sky, making shadows on the mud-brick walls and simple dusty streets of Nain. The town sits on the edge of a wide and beautiful valley, but the widow doesn’t notice, because today her life has ended. She has lost her last connection to…
SermonsSermons That WorkThe Season After Pentecost
Jun 9, 2013