On the third day, there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee. How many weddings have you been to in your life? Can you remember what all those brides wore, the music that was played, the songs you danced to at the reception? Whether you enjoy weddings or dread them, they make an impression. You…

The Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) is an annual two-week United Nations meeting that focuses on the conditions facing women and girls around the world; promotes their rights in political, economic, civil, social, and educational fields; and makes recommendations about urgent problems.   The Episcopal Church and our Anglican Communion partners have long participated in these sessions in support of gender…

Un acercamiento a las lecturas de hoy desde el punto de vista de la experiencia de las comunidades hispanas y latinas, a las cuales nuestra Iglesia Episcopal ha abierto sus puertas puede enriquecernos considerablemente. A medida que la Iglesia Episcopal continúa sus esfuerzos para proveer un espacio para nuestras comunidades hispanas debemos también celebrar el…

“I go to prepare a place for you. … I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also.” It sounds so wonderful. It sounds perhaps like what we imagine heaven to be. If that’s so, then it’s a future place, a place that we…

LCR: Josué 5:9–12; Salmo 32; 2 Corintios 5:16–21; San Lucas 15:1–3, 11b–32 ¡Qué grata coincidencia la que vivimos el día de hoy, hermanos y hermanas! Celebramos el cuarto Domingo de Cuaresma, también conocido como Domingo de Laetare, y leemos el hermoso y también conocido texto del “padre misericordioso” o del “hijo pródigo”. Y digo que…

[RCL] Isaiah 43:16-21; Psalm 126; Philippians 3:4b-14; John 12:1-8 Despite the run-of-the-mill way that John narrates this dinner party with Jesus, there is a kind of shocking absurdity to it all. Taken together with the preceding chapter, the scene unfolds like this: Word reaches Jesus that his beloved friend Lazarus is gravely ill. He sets…

Oh Dios de inmutable poder y eterna luz: mira favorablemente a toda tu Iglesia, ese maravilloso y sagrado misterio; por el eficaz trabajo de tu providencia, lleva a cabo en tranquilidad el plan de salvación; deja que todo el mundo vea y sepa que las cosas que han sido abatidas están siendo levantadas, y las…

What starts out with the disciples trying to score points with Jesus for stopping someone who is doing the work of the kingdom – healing and casting out demons – ends with Jesus telling us all to be salted with fire! In between there is all this talk of stumbling around and lopping off limbs,…

In a sermon from 1956, the 10th anniversary of the Church of the Saviour in Washington, D.C., Gordon Cosby, a co-founder of that church, speaks of the importance of a personal encounter with Jesus such as the Samaritan woman at the well experiences: “…I have discovered…that commitment and discipline are the absolute essentials for any…

El Adviento casi ha terminado. Se nos dio la oportunidad de reavivar nuestra fe, más allá de las fiestas y de los regalos. Nos preparamos para celebrar la Natividad de nuestro Señor y salvador Jesucristo. Un compromiso con la familia y nuestros principios cristianos. Litúrgicamente hemos visto una serie de señales de que la temporada…