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From the Rector Last week, I gave a bit of background on the prophets we’ve been reading at Eucharist recently. Please see that article on the “newsletters” section of the website if you missed it. Today, I thought I’d share just a bit more about the prophet Hosea. First of all, the name “Hosea” means…
From the Rector Last Thursday night, we celebrated my husband’s induction as rector of the Church of the Holy Trinity in White Rock. It was a beautiful evening with lovely weather, and an uplifting service with a full church. Several members of St. John’s, Shaughnessy even made the journey down to White Rock to show…
Have you ever had the wind hold you? Have you ever leaned into a wind so strong that it could take you entire weight? I once found a place on a ferry where the walls formed in just the right way, and I found the exact spot to stand so that the wind swirled, and…
Mother Terry is away on Study Leave this week, so it’s Mother Liz! Today is the last Sunday in Easter, we’ve come to the end of the great 50 days!!! Our readings for this morning and especially our reading from the end of the Book of Revelation are all about holy change- beginnings and ending, and endings that are beginnings. The New…
This Sunday is the sixth Sunday of Easter, traditionally known as Rogation Sunday. The word rogation comes from the Latin verb “rogare” (meaning “to ask”) and refers to the practice of prayer for a good harvest. Rogation days originated in France in the fifth century, when Bishop Mamertus called for days of fasting and prayer…
You may have noticed that, throughout Easter season, we’ve been reading from the Book of Revelation on Sunday mornings. Since preachers usually focus their remarks on the Gospel appointed for the day, our series from Revelation has been passing by without much commentary. Perhaps that suits you just fine. I remember a time when I really…
“My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand.” -John 10:27-28 This week, on the fourth Sunday of Easter, we celebrate “Good Shepherd Sunday.” Each of the three years of the lectionary offers…
Did you ever notice that in the stories of the resurrection, Jesus is incredibly difficult to recognize? Mary Magdalene thinks he’s the gardener until he calls her name. Thomas and the other disciples don’t really know it’s Jesus in the locked room with them until he shows them the marks of the crucifixion. On the road to Emmaus, Jesus walks with some…
Alleluia! Christ is risen. We made it through forty days of Lent—forty days of special emphasis on prayer, fasting, and giving of ourselves, in remembrance of the sacrifice Christ made for us. We made it through a glorious and emotional Holy Week, throughout which we witnessed, again, the love of Christ made known to us at the Last Supper and ultimately on…
What a journey we have been on, through this season of Lent! It seems so long ago, now, that we began by marking our foreheads with a cross of ashes, symbolizing penitence, humility, and mortality. Throughout the season, we took time to pray, fast, and give of our time and resources as we sought to reorient our hearts and our wills to…