1 November 2020 The season of Ordinary Time is a celebration of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, of which we are reminded every Sunday, that we should never forget.  Beyond remembrance – “Do this in remembrance of Me” – we become a part and live by what Christ has done: His death and…

Daniel 3:24-25 Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished; and he rose in haste and spoke, saying to his counselors, “Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?” They answered and said to the king, “True, O king.” “Look!” he answered, “I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are…

Proper 25, 25 October 2020 Today’s Old Testament reading reminds us that Moses didn’t enter the Promised Land.  It may seem to have been a setback, but at the Transfiguration he was with Elijah in the vision.  We encounter failures in this world, but they don’t take us away from God’s love. In today’s Gospel…

Proper 24, Sunday 18 October 2020 In today’s Gospel the religious leaders tried to trap Jesus to put Him in trouble with the Roman authorities: “Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar?”  Jesus, perceiving the wickedness in their hearts, said, “Show Me a coin.  What image do you see?”  They answered, “Caesar’s” (the emperor’s). …

Proper 22, 4 October 2020 Children love stories.  We read books, and now there is a multi-billion-dollar film industry to tell stories on the screen in a more sophisticated way.  Children watch cartoons and animated films over and over again because they see themselves as part of the story.   Today’s parable (Matthew 21:33-44) is an…

by Canon Jim House Psalm 23:1 encourages us. We all want things: most of us have had a lot of wants and needs; but if the Lord is to be a shepherd to you, you cannot have wants.  We must tell ourselves, “Self, stop wanting, stop desiring, stop needing.”  We’re like little children: “Papa, papa,…

In the United States, we were told in March that we all needed to do was “stay home and stay safe.”  Even though the number of COVID 19 cases were few and the percentage of deaths were small, we were warned that this “invisible” virus was increasing quickly. So, unless we listened to infectious disease…