Pentecost XVISeptember 8, 2024Song of Solomon 2 :8-13 James 1 :17-27 Mark 7:1-23 Yesterday was an important day in St. Esprit’s calendar – indeed, a significant day in the calendar of the Episcopal Church. Our very own Elias Neau – whose icon you can see at the front of our church beautifully drawn by Nita – was…
Fifteenth Sunday after PentecostSunday, September 1st 2024 Song of Solomon 2:8-13 James 1:17-27 Mark 7:1-23 Have you ever had to dress in a certain way to feel that you belong? Or even to prove that you are who you say you are? I sometimes have to wear a clerical collar for that purpose, and people…
Pentecost XIVAugust 25, 2024 I Kings 8 :22-43 Ephesians 6 :10-20 John 6 :56-69 It can’t have escaped anyone’s notice that it is Presidential election season in the United States of America. When I was younger, I quite enjoyed the excitement of watching the United Kingdom results come in one by one during the night as the count…
Pentecost XIIIAugust 18, 2024I Kings 2:10-3:13 Ephesians 5:15-20 John 6:51-58 If you do not eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you will not have life within you. For many Christians, one of the most difficult things about the pandemic a few years ago was the fact that it wasn’t…
Pentecost XIIAugust 11, 20242 Samuel 18:5-33 Ephesians 4 :25-5:2 John 6 : 35-51 Does anyone still remember all seven of the deadly sins? Even if we never learned the list, I’m sure that we could name at least four or five of them, even if it was just by guessing! Theologians used to divide them into two…
PENTECÔTE XI | Propre 13 4 août 2024 2 Samuel 11:26-12:13a ; Ephesiens 4:1-16 ; Jean 6:24-35 Depuis la cérémonie d’ouverture des Jeux Olympique à Paris vendredi dernier (grand moment de communion mondiale autour du sport !), les médias et les réseaux sociaux ont été le champ de bataille de nombreuses polémiques. La cause de ces haros…
PENTECOST X | AFRIQUE FÊTEJuly 28, 2024II Samuel 11:1-15 Ephesians 3:14-21 John 6:1-21 “I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its name.” Paul’s declaration in our reading this morning would have shocked many peoples of the ancient world. Almost without exception, cultures around the globe…
9e dimanche après la Pentecôte 21 juillet 2024 2 Samuel 7:1-14aEphésiens 2:11-22Marc 6:30-34, 53-56 L’un des mots les plus adorables de la langue française, à mon avis, est « bernard l’ermite », le nom populaire et non scientifique des « Paguroidea ». (Il s’écrit aussi « bernard l’hermite », mais selon un dictionnaire français, cette…
Pentecôte VIII / Fête nationale 14 juillet, 2024 II Samuel 6 :1-19 Ephésiens 1 :3-14 Marc 6 :14-29 Dans nos nations démocratiques, souvent à la merci de luttes partisanes divisives, la fête nationale comme le 4 juillet ou le 14 juillet est un moment de répit. Pour une journée, les intérêts partisans cèdent le pas devant un sentiment…
PENTECOST VI July 7, 2024 I Samuel 5:1-10 II Corinthians 12:2-10 Mark 6:1-13 The Serenity Prayer is perhaps one of the most popular prayers in the world. Many people know it as the prayer used by the organization Alcoholics Anonymous, but it has been widely disseminated through greetings cards, posters and even fridge magnets. It…