Justin Appel

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Dear Friends, Today is Wednesday in Holy Week. Tonight, our lay clerks and youth choristers will sing Tenebrae at Saint Philip’s church. This service of psalms,…
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Emily Lyons

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Dear Friends,  I see ambivalence as a connecting thread running through today’s lectionary readings. What do I mean by ambivalence? I mean the distress of feeling…
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Fr Alex Swain

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Beloved in Christ, Today is Holy Monday. The face of our Lord is resolutely turned towards Jerusalem and the cross. Yesterday, Jesus entered Jerusalem with triumph…
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Richard Mallory

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The storyMany women were also there…          they had followed Jesus from Galilee,           ministering to him.                        —Matthew 27.55 Powerful forces, aligned with a tyrant,seem to crush the bugs of love.But…
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Sue Agnew

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Dear friends in Christ, During Lent, the Daily Office readings have followed the Gospel of Mark, and I’ve been struck by the number of stories of…
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Chotard Doll

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Dear Friends, Today in Mark’s account, the rich young man is seeking the clue to eternal life. Jesus gives him two answers—two guidelines. First, the commandments…
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Justin Appel

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Dear Friends, Today is the feast of The Annunciation, on which we commemorate both the announcement of Christ’s birth, and of Mary’s acceptance of her great…
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Fr Alex Swain

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Beloved in Christ, The history of early Christianity has always fascinated me, and it continues to do so. Through historical record, liturgical compendiums, and accounts by…
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Edina Hall

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Sisters and Brothers in Christ, My work life is really awful. My beloved boss was fired three months ago and the response from my co-workers was…
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