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Here follows a blog containing occasional sermons and musings on the Gospel reading for the Mass of the Sunday or Holy Day.
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Hosanna
It's Palm Sunday...before the pandemic this was the time people went to Church to get a little extra drama, picked up a palm frond...
Br. Lee Hughes, OP (Anglican)
Mar 28, 20212 min read
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On Choices
[Sermon composed for the Sunday broadcast at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Phoenix AZ (https://www.stmarysphoenix.org/online) for The...
Br. Lee Hughes, OP (Anglican)
Mar 21, 20216 min read
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Bitten by That Old Snake
It's now become quite fashionable to adopt a more relativistic code of ethics, taking as one's motto, "An ye harm no one, do what ye...
Br. Lee Hughes, OP (Anglican)
Mar 14, 20213 min read
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Relationships
The readings for Mass today seem to be all over the place (a common complaint about the Revised Common Lectionary, it seems). The Old...
Br. Lee Hughes, OP (Anglican)
Mar 7, 20212 min read
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On Trust and Decision
[Sermon composed for the Sunday broadcast at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Phoenix AZ (https://www.stmarysphoenix.org/online) for The...
Br. Lee Hughes, OP (Anglican)
Feb 28, 20216 min read
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It's Not Just a Bath
Today's readings for Mass are all about water. Baptism in particular. In Lent, historically, we prepared newcomers to the faith for...
Br. Lee Hughes, OP (Anglican)
Feb 21, 20212 min read
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On Veils and the Uncreated Light
[Sermon composed for the Sunday broadcast at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Phoenix AZ (https://www.stmarysphoenix.org/online) for...
Br. Lee Hughes, OP (Anglican)
Feb 15, 20216 min read
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And She Got Up and Served Them
Today's Gospel for Mass (St. Mk. 1.29-39) has a line that has always bothered me, so I stuck that line in the title for a contemplation...
Br. Lee Hughes, OP (Anglican)
Feb 7, 20212 min read
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Preparing for Lent-What People See Us Do
In the older liturgical cycles this Sunday is known as Septuagesima, which is the Latin word for 70th. The idea is that it was roughly...
Br. Lee Hughes, OP (Anglican)
Jan 31, 20212 min read
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Getting Our Hustle On
Today's Mass readings are that rare and golden treasure trove where they all have a readily discernable theme running through all of them....
Br. Lee Hughes, OP (Anglican)
Jan 24, 20212 min read
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On Photini, Equal to the Apostles, and Us
[Sermon composed for the Sunday broadcast at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Phoenix AZ (https://www.stmarysphoenix.org/online) for Sunday,...
Br. Lee Hughes, OP (Anglican)
Jan 17, 20216 min read
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A Tale of Two Baptisms
Today at Mass we today hear readings about baptism. The lesson from Genesis talks of the moving of the Spirit upon the waters, the...
Br. Lee Hughes, OP (Anglican)
Jan 10, 20212 min read
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And Deliver Us from Evil...
One of our choices (there are three today!) for the Gospel reading for Mass is the story of the Flight to Egypt and the Slaughter of the...
Br. Lee Hughes, OP (Anglican)
Jan 3, 20212 min read
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And the Darkness Did Not Overcome
Until the fashion came about to rank all Sundays ahead of major feast days, today would have been celebrated as the Feast of St. John the...
Br. Lee Hughes, OP (Anglican)
Dec 27, 20202 min read
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Il est né, le Divin Enfant
I once saw a music video by the group Siouxsie and the Banshees performing the French Christmas Carol Il est né, le Divin Enfant. ...
Br. Lee Hughes, OP (Anglican)
Dec 25, 20201 min read
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