December 5 2021,The Second Sunday of AdventPenelope Bridges Our King and Savior now draws near. Come, let us adore him. He was an old man. Year after year, he and his wife lived faithfully and prayed for the blessing of children. He took his turn as a priest serving in the temple, did all that … READ MORE…
Rev. Richard Hogue Jr.St. Paul’s Cathedral, San Diego11/28/2021 Good morning, and a happy church new year! This is the first day of the church’s new cycle of readings through scripture, as Penny described in her sermon last Sunday. For those who aren’t familiar, we are now in the season of Advent, a period of a … READ MORE…
Rev. Richard Hogue Jr.St. Paul’s Cathedral, San Diego11/14/2021 Good morning! I am humbled to join you all today, and I want to thank Dean Penny and all who have welcomed me into the life of St. Paul’s Cathedral. This week was a bit of a start-stop week for me, as I began to take … READ MORE…
Rev. Richard Hogue Jr.St. Paul’s Cathedral, San Diego11/25/2021 “Gratitude is greater than Control“ Good morning and Happy Thanksgiving! I cannot imagine a more ironic opening to a gospel on Thanksgiving Day than this one: “I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your … READ MORE…
November 21, Christ the King; ingatheringPenelope BridgesThe True King Today’s a day for endings: it’s the last Sunday of the church year, the last Sunday of the long green season that began back in May after Pentecost; the last Sunday of Year B of the Sunday lectionary and Year One of the Daily Office lectionary; … READ MORE…
Rev. Richard Hogue Jr.St. Paul’s Cathedral, San Diego11/14/2021 Good morning! I am humbled to join you all today, and I want to thank Dean Penny and all owho have welcomed me into the life of St. Paul’s Cathedral. This week was a bit of a start-stop week for me, as I began to take on … READ MORE…
October 31, 2021 Penelope Bridges Love God, Love Neighbor Let’s think about Naomi for a moment. She and her husband and their two sons were emigrants from Israel to Israel’s enemy Moab, driven from their homeland by famine. She was widowed, but fortunately her sons were adults and had wives, so she wasn’t initially left … READ MORE…
October 10 2021Penelope BridgesInvesting in God’s Work Today we launch our 2022 annual pledge campaign. So I’m going to talk for a few minutes about money, even though it makes us all a little uncomfortable. The Gospels tell us that Jesus talked about money a lot but we try to avoid it or hide from … READ MORE…
September 26, 2021Welcome AllPenelope Bridges Once again our lectionary gives us just a tantalizing snippet of a Bible story that deserves to be more fully known. Today we hear extracts from the end of the story of Esther. This is a book of the Bible that doesn’t explicitly mention God, and for that reason, like … READ MORE…
September 5, 2021 The Very Rev. Penny Bridges The Episcopal Church offers an option for churches to observe a short Season of Creation in the early fall, and today we begin that season. We aren’t deviating from the regular Scripture readings, but we have special prayers and a blessing for the season. So, one of … READ MORE…