Justin Appel

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Friends, Today’s Gospel lesson has Jesus eating with “tax collectors and sinners,” much to the consternation of the Pharisees who observe his behavior. Jesus has a telling…
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Fr Matthew Reese

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Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: *“May they prosper who love you.Peace be within your walls *and quietness within your towers.”—Psalm 122:6-7 Have mercy upon us,…
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Fr Alex Swain

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Beloved in Christ, There is a psychological disorder, called “Celebrity worship,” which is “an obsessive fascination with a famous person” and is associated with “problematic internet…
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Richard Mallory

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Good Sunday morning, beloved ones, Today’s Old Testament lesson for the Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels is from the Jacob cycle of stories in…
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Travis Reese

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Friends, Today we celebrate St. Francis of Assisi. And one way we celebrate him is with our annual Blessing of the Animals at Saint Philip’s. It…
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Jordan Paul

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If the moderns really want a simple religion of love, they must look for it in the Athanasian Creed. The truth is that the trumpet of…
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John Koza

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Dear Friends in Christ,  The gospel reading for today is Matthew 7: 24-27. “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and acts on them will…
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Justin Appel

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Dear Friends, Today’s Gospel lesson contains some of Jesus’ most difficult words. What in the world can Jesus mean by this metaphor of the gate? Does he…
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Fr Alex Swain

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Beloved in Christ, Happy Michaelmas! That is to say: Blessed Feast of St. Michael and All Angels! This lets me ponderously examine the wild world of…
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Richard Mallory

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Chasmby Steve Garnaas-Holmes …at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus…—Luke 16.20 It’s only a gatebut enough to hide,to divide.If he lets it(how easilyhe might…
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Emily Lyons

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Dear Friends, If you have been following the daily office readings this week, you will know that we are in the middle of Christ’s sermon on…
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