Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year APenelope Bridges Alleluia. Christ is risen. The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia. Stephen, one of the first batch of Christian deacons, takes center stage at the start of our Scripture readings today. False witnesses have accused him of blasphemy after he has attracted crowds with his speaking and wondrous acts. … READ MORE…
Penelope Bridges Alleluia, Christ is risen! The Lord is risen indeed, Alleluia! Today’s Gospel takes us back to Easter Day. Let’s imagine the scene: A beautiful spring evening, a gentle twilight, life springing up all around. Birds twittering as they settle in the trees and bushes, lambs gamboling across the hillside, wood smoke and cooking … READ MORE…
Rev. Cn. Richard Hogue May the words of my lips and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in your sight, my Lord, my rock and my redeemer. Amen. Please be seated. All right. So, I want to check something before I get going. How many people here at least sympathize with Thomas in our … READ MORE…
Easter Day 2026, Penelope Bridges Alleluia, Christ is risen! The Lord is risen indeed, Alleluia! It feels like a long time ago now, but do you remember back at Christmas, when we read the first verses of John’s Gospel, and we heard that the light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome … READ MORE…
Fifth Sunday in Lent, Penelope Bridges Our Scripture gives us some high drama today. Bones rattling, skeletons coming to life, conspiracy theories, Jesus weeping, decomposed corpses emerging from the tomb … If anyone ever tells you the Bible is boring, just direct them to one of these stories. John’s Gospel is designed in two parts, … READ MORE…
Dean Penelope Bridges When we read Scripture passages in church on a Sunday morning, we read them in isolation from the rest of the story, and sometimes that means that we miss the full richness of the moment. Today we find ourselves on a mountain top, first with Moses and then with Jesus and his … READ MORE…
Peter Bolland Hello St. Paul’s! Please be seated. I was 18 years old when I first read Gandhi’s autobiography. I read it because my philosophy professor told me to. And that guy was amazing, so I did what he told me to do. And it was in Gandhi’s autobiography, called My Experiments With Truth, that … READ MORE…
Penelope Bridges The Conversion of St Paul, January 25, 2026 Penelope Bridges We Preach Christ Crucified Today we celebrate our patron, Paul of Tarsus, a man who arguably has had more influence on Christianity than Jesus Christ himself. There are more of Paul’s words in the New Testament than those of Jesus; Paul took the … READ MORE…
Penelope Bridges Alleluia, to us a child is born. O come let us adore him, Alleluia. Our lectionary cycle of readings gives us three choices of Gospel for this second Sunday of Christmas: we can hear the story of the Holy Family’s flight into Egypt; or Luke’s story of the boy Jesus in the Temple; … READ MORE…
Last Sunday of Advent, Penelope Bridges One of the most shadowy figures in Scripture is Joseph, husband of Mary and guardian of the child Jesus. Matthew’s two stories of Joseph’s dreams, one before Jesus was born and one when he was told to take the baby to Egypt, are the only times Joseph is given … READ MORE…