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(This sermon is heavily based on Oration on the Palms, a third-century homily attributed to St. Methodius. I urge you to read it, if you are able. Preached on Sunday, April 10, 2022 at Potomac Episcopal. Imagine yourself in Jerusalem at the turn of the millennia. You are perhaps returning with food from the market,…
Continue reading ➞ Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! (sermon)
We began this Holy Week thinking about crowds. The crowds that followed Jesus, shouting Hosanna in the Highest, and waving palm branches. A crowd, that, as Fr. Noah pointed out, so quickly changed from “Hosanna” to “Crucify him”—a crowd caught up in the energy of celebration which quickly turns to discontent. A crowd that follows Jesus,…
https://youtu.be/QVPLfTLhn0g “He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,yet he did not open his mouth;like a lamb that is led to the slaughter,and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent,so he did not open his mouth.By a perversion of justice he was taken away.Who could have imagined his future?”Isaiah 53:7-8 Who could have imagined…
Continue reading ➞ Who could have imagined this future? (Good Friday Sermon)
Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel that was tied around him. He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet?" Jesus answered, "You do not know now what I am doing, but…
Continue reading ➞ What wondrous love is this? (Maundy Thursday Sermon)
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