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Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women: The Point of It All Is Joy

05/04/2025

ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ ΑΝΕΣΤΗ! CHRIST IS RISEN! Sermon preached by Fr. Antony Hughes on Sunday, April 30, 2023 The women who went to the Lord ‘s Tomb on Sunday morning “while it was still dark” Were frightened and, sad, and very likely angry at what had happened to the Lord in Jerusalem on the one hand. On the other hand, they were driven by love for Jesus and responsibility to fulfill the proper Jewish burial rites for

The Fourth Wednesday of Great Lent: Metanoia and Repentance

03/26/2025

Sermon preached by Fr. Antony Hughes on Sunday, September 20, 2020 Knowing, as we do, that scripture for one person can be a call to an exemplary life of love, self-sacrifice, and compassion and for another an invitation to the exact opposite, it is very important not only that we read scripture, but also how we translate it. That is why I love the old adage that scripture is not in the reading, but in

Calming the Troubled Waters

01/29/2025

Sermon preached by Fr. Antony Hughes on Sunday, May 26, 2024 A verse from the Paschal Gospel stood out to me in a way I had never seen before. John writes, “He was in the world and though the world was made by him the world did not know him.” The Logos, the Word of God has always been here loving and saving his creation even though we did not know it. And he remains

The Fourth Day of Christmas Advent. Fasting from the Sentiments of the Feast

11/18/2024

By Father Stephen Freeman I have a favorite Joni Mitchell song. In her very mournful style she sings about the season before Christmas: It’s comin’ on Christmas, They’re cuttin’ down trees, They’re puttin’ up reindeer and singin’ songs of joy and peace. Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on…I would teach my feet to fly! It is a melancholy tune, echoing the bittersweet experience of the culture Christmas. We love

The Second Thursday of Great Lent: Metanoia and Repentance

03/09/2023

Funeral Procession

01/31/2023

Sermon preached by Fr. Antony Hughes on Sunday, October 10, 2021. It seems to me that the story of the Widow of Nain is the whole of the Gospel in one short take. I had never thought of it before, but maybe every pericope in the Gospels tells us the whole story if we look deeply enough. Like small facets in a great jewel that reflect the Lord in their own special way. The Son

The First Day of Christmas Advent. Fasting from the Sentiments of the Feast

11/15/2017

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Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women: The Point of It All Is Joy

The Fourth Wednesday of Great Lent: Metanoia and Repentance

Calming the Troubled Waters

The Fourth Day of Christmas Advent. Fasting from the Sentiments of the Feast

The Second Thursday of Great Lent: Metanoia and Repentance

Funeral Procession

The First Day of Christmas Advent. Fasting from the Sentiments of the Feast

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