Pentecost V (Bastille Day)July 13, 2025Amos 7:7-17 Colossians 1:1-14 Luke 10:25-37 I have never liked flags in churches, or even in front of churches. And I am very happy that when Nigel arrived at St. Esprit, he put ours away in the basement! Patriotism always seems out of place in a church to me. Flags…
Trinity Sunday June 15, 2025 Proverbs 8:1-4; 22-31 Romans 5:1-5 John 16:12-15 You have heard me speak about the 400th anniversary of Saint-Esprit in 2028; but this year, all Christian churches are celebrating a major anniversary: the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea. Every Sunday, we confess our faith with the words of this…
Sunday after the AscensionJune 1, 2025Acts 1:1-11 Ephesians 1:15-23 Luke 24, 44-53 A few steps from Saint-Esprit, on the same street between Park Avenue and Madison, is the Grolier Club. This club is the oldest and most important society of bibliophiles and graphic arts enthusiasts in the United States. It organizes exhibitions and maintains a…
Easter V May 18, 2025 Acts 11:1-18 Revelation 21:1-6 John 13:31-35 Many new things make us uncomfortable. Meeting new people, starting a new job or relationship, immigrating to an unfamiliar country… All of these things can be uncomfortable, even for the most outgoing of individuals. If you didn’t grow up going to church, what we…
Pâques II / Dimanche de la commémoration de la promulgation de l’Édit de Nantes27 avril, 2025 Actes 5:27-32 Apocalypse 1:4-8 Jean20:19-31 En ce dimanche dit « des Huguenots », nous célébrons l’héritage de ces protestants qui, aux XVIIème…
Vendredi Saint 2025 Des représentations de la crucifixion qui font semblant d’être fidèles aux événements « tels qu’ils se seraient passés » peuvent parfois être trompeuses. Une image comme celle sur notre bulletin d’aujourd’hui peut donner l’impression que la mort de Jésus est un événement hors du temps et solitaire, une sorte de concept lointain…
Dimanche de la Passion / Rameaux 13 avril 2025 La semaine dans laquelle nous entrons est pour nous tous une invitation à pénétrer au cœur des mystères de notre foi et de notre espérance, réels dans la mort et la résurrection de Jésus. Le sermon d’aujourd’hui sera volontairement bref. Car, comme le rappellent les Proverbes…
The Third Sunday in LentMarch, 23rd 2025 Exodus 3:1-15; Ps 63:1-8; 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 Luke 13:1-9 If you listen to this morning’s Gospel without paying close attention, you may be shocked by Jesus’ attitude, which does not really correspond to the portrait of the “Jesus, meek and mild” of a certain kind of…
Last Sunday of Epiphany March, 2nd 2025 Exodus 34:29-35 ; Ps 99 ; 2 Co 3:12-4:2 ; Luke 9: 28-36 Today is the last Sunday of the Epiphany season. We have followed the rise of the ministry of Jesus, he has revealed himself to us. His power of attraction and subversion was gradually revealed to us as we…
February, 9th 2025Isaiah 6 :1-8, 9-13; I Corinthians 15 :1-1; Luke 5 :1-11 Have you ever caught wild animals? Have you ever fished or hunted? How did you set about it? Apart from a few attempts at angling and fishing (which is more like picking fish up than going on a hunting safari!) I have…