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The Music of your Baptism
posted on Jan 14, 2014King George VI of England had a terrible studder. All of you who have seen the movie The Kings Speech know the pain of watching someone studder. It is agonizing. All you want to do is to say their words for them. Poor George, or Bertie as he was c...
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WISE
posted on Jan 7, 20142014. A New Year. A chance to make a new start. A chance to lead the life that you want to lead, to be the person that God calls you to be.Do you want to be wise in 2014? What would that look like, to be wise? Today we are on the cusp of the Feast...
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The Upside Down People: A Christmas Sermon
posted on Dec 28, 2013His name is Bill. He is a monk. He lives in Chicago in the heart of the city, where there is a gang war going on. Bill dresses in a robe made of patches of old jeans. He spends his days befriending gang members, talking to them, taking them to the...
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Joseph and the Extraordinary Possibility
posted on Dec 23, 2013Last week, Nina Searcy, a faithful member of the Cathedral, brought in a book that she had written. It was a history of her family lineage. It took her many years to write. Together, we prayed a prayer of thanksgiving and blessed the book which is...
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Pando and the Communion of Saints
posted on Nov 7, 2013When someone dies, Americans are afraid to speak their name. We don't want to disturb the widow by mentioning her husband's name. We want to distract her! Talk about the weather, about buying clothes, about the economy, but avoid her pain at all c...
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Disagree to Live
posted on Oct 14, 2013Years ago, my husband and I walked from the Temple Mount to the town of Bethany just outside Jerusalem. As we were walking on a clear, crisp day, some children were standing by the side of the road. I smiled at them as we walked by and one of them...
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The Tower
posted on Sep 25, 2013Years ago, a young woman in my parish died of cancer, leaving behind a distraught sister and mother. Before the funeral service was to begin, the young woman's sister got up to speak. She was a successful businesswoman and normally had no trouble ...
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The Many Faces of Greed
posted on Aug 5, 2013I want you to imagine that you are standing at a cocktail party. You are dressed up. There is a smile on your face. The purpose of the party seems to be to look as good and feel as good as you can. There is great food, lots of wine. You don't know...
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The Bridge: How and Why we Pray
posted on Jul 29, 2013I went to grandfather mountain last week. On top of the mountain, there is a bridge called the Mile High Bridge. It is terrifying. They call it the mile high bridge because it is exactly one mile from sea level to the altitude of the bridge. One m...
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True Freedom
posted on Jul 8, 2013This month marks the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the battle of Gettysberg. Almost exactly one hundred and fifty years ago, on July 2, 1863, Major William Worthington Goldsborough was put in charge of the Confederate's 2nd Maryland infa...
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Saint Thomas
Saint Andrew
The Feast of All Saints
St. Michael and All Angels