Author Archive: saintphilipsnorwood
March 13, 2022, What If There Was No Mercy, Luke 13:31-35
On Ash Wednesday, just a week and a half ago, I read you the invitation to the observance of a Holy Lent, from the Book of Common Prayer. It begins like this: Dear People of God: The first Christians observed with great devotion the days of our Lord’s passion and resurrection, and it became the …
Lent I March 6 2022 – “The Struggle is Real” Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
This episode in the desert happens right after Jesus has been baptized by John. Like the glorious moment on the mountaintop we read about last week, at his baptism, Jesus’s divinity was on full display. There were hundreds, maybe thousands of people there along the banks of the Jordan River on that day. They all …
March 2, 2022, Ash Wednesday, Check the Expiration Date, Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
When I reached a certain point in my 50’s, way back when, I found myself doing a new and strange thing. We were subscribing to the Watertown Times back then, and every day, besides the NY Times crossword, the one thing I would always read was the obituary page. It wasn’t anything I thought about …
February 27, 2022, Just Listen, Luke 9:28-36 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
Today, and every year on this last Sunday in the Epiphany season, we read about the event we call the Transfiguration of our Lord. This is the quintessential Mountaintop Experience. Many of us have had mountaintop experiences at one time or another in our lives as Christians – times when we’ve felt particularly close to …
Sunday February 20 2022 “All You Need is Like” – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell – Luke 6:27-38, Gen 45:3-11,15
Jesus said, “I say to you that listen, Love your enemies…” I have often heard it pointed out that when Jesus tells us to love our enemies, he never says that we have to like them – which is a very comforting thing for us to hear. We’re relieved that we can obey our Lord’s …
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