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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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Laying Down One's Life
People who hear ancient Christian teaching will eventually hear the phrase, "He [Jesus] laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay...
Br. Lee Hughes, OP (Anglican)
Apr 25, 20212 min read
On the Resurrection Hope
[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)
Apr 18, 20216 min read
Unless I See Him and Touch Him
Western culture has for centuries now been steeped in empiricism (or a counter-reaction to it). For a premise to be considered true it...
Br. Lee Hughes, OP (Anglican)
Apr 11, 20213 min read
Χριστός ἀνέστη!
This is the day of resurrection! Let us be illumined by the feast! Let us embrace each other! Let us call “Brothers” even those that hate...
Br. Lee Hughes, OP (Anglican)
Apr 4, 20212 min read
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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