[RCL] Isaiah 43:16-21; Psalm 126; Philippians 3:4b-14; John 12:1-8 Before we dig into our gospel story today, let’s go back a few chapters. Let’s go back and remember the death of Lazarus. And remember his sisters’ grief. When Jesus finally makes it back to Bethany to see about this death, he is met with an…

Following are opening remarks, lightly edited for clarity, by House of Deputies President Julia Ayala Harris to the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church, meeting Oct. 20-21 at Kanuga conference center in Hendersonville, North Carolina.

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams delivered his annual Easter Day sermon at Canterbury Cathedral on April 24, speaking on the theme of joy, and the capacity to be surprised by it. In his sermon, he stresses that “corporate prosperity divorced from personal and communal fulfillment or stability is an empty thing … we can’t find…

Demos gracias a Dios Padre que nos brinda la posibilidad de aproximarnos al término de este año litúrgico. Hemos sido robustecidos en la fe al recorrer y vivir como Iglesia las diferentes estaciones, centrándonos en la experiencia del Resucitado y su Santa Cena. Un maestro de liturgia muy sabio decía: “el ciclo completo de un…

O God, take my lips and speak through them. Take our minds and think through them. Take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen. “Gratitude” becomes a buzzword every year around mid November. We see it on jewelry commercials, see it on grocery-store billboards, and hear it on radio advertisements. There is almost no…

In the bleak mid-winter, frosty wind made moan,earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone…snow had fallen, snow on snow,in the bleak mid-winter long, long ago. Some days seem darker than others. Some days seem colder. The shortest, darkest day of the year was only a few days ago. Although the days gradually lengthen…

Todavía nos queda el agradable sabor a Navidad, pero ya estamos en la estación de la Epifanía. El maravilloso plan de Dios de darse a conocer y salvar a la humanidad. En el camino que vamos recorriendo, por las dificultades y los problemas de cada día, perdemos fuerza y energía. Pero es bueno tener en…

¿Alguna vez has estado en la incertidumbre de si creer en algo o en alguien? Ciertamente la mayoría de nosotros nos hemos preguntado si creer o no creer en una cosa u otra. En 1983 se descubrió que un virus estaba afectando de modo devastador a gran número de personas. Pronto se aprendió que el…

What are we to do with Jesus’ parable of wise and foolish bridesmaids? It’s not easy to be sympathetic with any of the characters here. The bridegroom sends out invitations, but shows up hours late himself and then shuts the door on half of the bridesmaids. Those maidens who get shut out are off trying…

Powerful stuff in today’s readings. Everybody seems to be on a tear; Jesus and Isaiah are full of wrath and judgment, and even the author of Hebrews slips out of his Platonic abstractions long enough to get downright graphic about the costs of discipleship. All pretty grim for a Sunday in late summer. This abundance…