“Lord, teach us to pray,” the disciples asked of Jesus, according to Luke’s Gospel. And in response, Jesus gave them what we now know as the Lord’s Prayer, perhaps the most beloved and enduring prayer in our tradition. From foxholes to hospitals to bedtime rituals to Episcopal liturgies of every kind, we pray and we sing “thy kingdom … Read the rest
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“If you love me, you will keep my commandments… those who love me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them and reveal myself to them.” This week’s Gospel begins and ends with love, which is only fitting on a Sunday when we remember the self-giving love of mothers.
My friend Leslie Nipps has written … Read the rest
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Grace Cathedral Evensong
“Who was I that I could hinder God?” asked Peter of the observant Jewish believers in Jerusalem. It was a fair question, if rhetorical. Who are you that you could hinder God? Really, who are any of us that we can hinder God?
Peter and his listeners already well knew that trying to hinder God … Read the rest
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