Ut Aliis Tradere

[Sermon delivered at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Phoenix, Arizona, the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 17, 2023] ✠ In the...

Everyone knows what shunning means. Whether it is a formal exclusion from a community or an informal avoidance (now commonly known as...

Last Sunday at Mass we heard Our Lord bless St. Peter and give him the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven. This week Jesus just called him...

One of the biggest and longest-running fistfights among Christians is centered around today's Gospel (Mt. 16.13-20), where Our Lord tells...

My home parish is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. A side effect of the English Reformation is a lot of the Marian feasts and...

I had this year started binging on "The Chosen", the Amazon Prime series about the lives of Jesus and His disciples. I had held off...

[Sermon delivered for Solemn Morning Prayer at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Phoenix, Arizona on the Feast of the Transfiguration, August...

[Sermon delivered at St. Mary's Episcopal Church at Solemn Morning Prayer, the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, July 30, 2023] ✠ In the Name...

One of the more uncomfortable things in this day and age is the concept of judgement. I have often heard, "How can a loving God judge?...

[Sermon delivered at St. Mary's Episcopal Church at Solemn Morning Prayer, the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, July 16, 2023] ✠ In the...

"We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not mourn.’ - St. Matthew 11.17 So do you want fire and...

Today's Gospel reading for Mass is quite short; yawn once and you miss half of it (don't believe me? Check it here). It is short, but...

[Sermon prepared for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, June 25, 2023, at St. Mary the Virgin Episcopal Church, Phoenix, Arizona] ✠ In...

Any student of the Judaeo-Christian Bible, including what is known as the deutero-canonical or apocryphal books of the Old Testament,...

The Episcopal Church, where I make my spiritual home, has moved into the cycle of ordinary time, and for today's Gospel highlight's the...