Simpler Living Creation Care Ministry: At Creation Care Sunday’s Adult Forum, we will learn how diverse faith communities can come together to promote the care of Creation at this critical time. As individuals within the Cathedral community we may also have different ways of looking at our Episcopal faith, yet hopefully we can all agree on … READ MORE…
Easter Vigil, April 19 2025Penelope Bridges (preached after the Vigil readings) This is the night … the Exsultet hymn that we heard at the beginning of tonight’s service repeats that phrase three times: this is the night. It is a declaration that we have arrived at Easter, that we are delivered from the gloom of … READ MORE…
Hello St. Paul’s, By now we are well into Holy Week, the center of our year and our faith. We have celebrated the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem and we have meditated deeply on the mystery of his Passion, as recounted by St. Luke. Now we turn to the Triduum, the three holiest days. … READ MORE…
Simpler Living Creation Care Ministry: The air we breathe is critical in maintaining our lives and the life of the planet. As people of faith, we believe that the Holy Spirit, the breath of God, guides us in discerning a compassionate way forward in these challenging times for Creation. Many people across the globe must breathe … READ MORE…
Palm Sunday 2025, Penelope Bridges After the celebration [singing and dancing], after the procession and the palms, after Hosannas and hymns, we have zigzagged our way through Scripture, finally descending in the Gospel through kangaroo court and public humiliation to the deep darkness of death on a Cross. The crowd disperses, the noise quiets, the … READ MORE…
Hello St. Paul’s, It seems like just the other day that we were imposing ashes and launching into the season of Lent, but here we are already on the verge of Holy Week, the center and heart of our year. Palm Sunday is a complicated day that attempts to commemorate not only the entry of … READ MORE…
Simpler Living Creation Care Ministry: In their Carbon Fast for Lent series, A Rocha invites us to consider eating lower down the food chain to reduce our carbon footprint. You can consider a vegetarian or vegan diet, but we can also reduce our carbon output by eating less meat. Now is a great time to consider what … READ MORE…
Rev. Cn. Richard Hogue Jr. When Jesus says, “You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.” it can be a stumbling block for Christians. Most unscrupulously, it’s been an excuse to neglect the most vulnerable people, a sort of Scriptural cover to handwave away greed and exploitation. “What about … READ MORE…
Hello, St. Paul’s. One of my favorite Collects goes like this: “Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn and inwardly digest them, that we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life …” We hear it … READ MORE…
Third Sunday in LentPenelope Bridges You’ve probably noticed that we start our service a little differently during Lent. For one thing, we do the confession up front – putting us in the right, repentant frame of mind for the solemnity of the Lenten worship. And we also hear Jesus’s words summarizing the law he lived … READ MORE…