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Br. David Vryhof The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 20C) Amos 8:4-7 Luke 16:1-13 In 2021, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists released the “Pandora Papers,” a massive leak of almost 12 million documents that revealed how the ultra-rich and powerful used offshore accounts and shell companies to secretly preserve vast …
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Br. David Vryhof The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 20C) Amos 8:4-7 Luke 16:1-13 In 2021, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists released the “Pandora Papers,” a massive leak of almost 12 million documents that revealed how the ultra-rich and powerful used offshore accounts and shell companies to secretly preserve vast …
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Br. Lain Wilson Dag Hammarskjöld Matthew 16:24-27 “In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action.”[1] So wrote the Swedish economist and diplomat Dag Hammarskjöld, whom we commemorate today. His tenure as the second secretary-general of the United Nations was cut tragically short amid the complex Congo Crisis, when…
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Br. Lain Wilson Dag Hammarskjöld Matthew 16:24-27 “In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action.”[1] So wrote the Swedish economist and diplomat Dag Hammarskjöld, whom we commemorate today. His tenure as the second secretary-general of the United Nations was cut tragically short amid the complex Congo Crisis, when…
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Our Innate Need for Heroes – Br. Curtis Almquist
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Br. Curtis Almquist Ninian Psalm 96:1-7 Matthew 28:16-20 Today we commemorate the life and witness of a monk and bishop named Ninian, born in the latter half of the fourth century in southern Scotland. And we only know this because the venerable historian named Bede, four centuries later, very briefly wrote about Ninian. Legend has it that Ninian w…
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Br. Curtis Almquist Ninian Psalm 96:1-7 Matthew 28:16-20 Today we commemorate the life and witness of a monk and bishop named Ninian, born in the latter half of the fourth century in southern Scotland. And we only know this because the venerable historian named Bede, four centuries later, very briefly wrote about Ninian. Legend has it that Ninian w…
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Br. Luke Ditewig Holy Cross Day Behold the cross. Love that makes no sense yet is for us all.[i] Look and pray with each of the Gospel writers.[ii] With Matthew, remember Judas’ betrayal, Peter’s denial, and Pilate washing his hands.[iii] Remember our betrayals, denials, our faults and lies, our thirst for power and revenge. Remember how we have cr…
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Br. Luke Ditewig Holy Cross Day Behold the cross. Love that makes no sense yet is for us all.[i] Look and pray with each of the Gospel writers.[ii] With Matthew, remember Judas’ betrayal, Peter’s denial, and Pilate washing his hands.[iii] Remember our betrayals, denials, our faults and lies, our thirst for power and revenge. Remember how we have cr…
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Br. Lain Wilson Psalm 150 In a time of oppression and division, of political violence and fear, of extreme wealth inequality, of competing claims to truth, of state power brought to bear on the least powerful, I imagine that hearing and praying psalm 150 could be as stark and striking an experience as it is in our own time. “Praise God in his holy …
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Br. Lain Wilson Psalm 150 In a time of oppression and division, of political violence and fear, of extreme wealth inequality, of competing claims to truth, of state power brought to bear on the least powerful, I imagine that hearing and praying psalm 150 could be as stark and striking an experience as it is in our own time. “Praise God in his holy …
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The Means of Grace and Hope of Glory – Br. James Koester
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Br. James Koester The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 18C) Deuteronomy 30:15-20 You may have heard that recently the Pope predicted that AI would be the next industrial revolution. At the same time, he called upon the Roman Catholic Church to apply its social teachings regarding human dignity, justice, and labour to this new AI industrial…
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Br. James Koester The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 18C) Deuteronomy 30:15-20 You may have heard that recently the Pope predicted that AI would be the next industrial revolution. At the same time, he called upon the Roman Catholic Church to apply its social teachings regarding human dignity, justice, and labour to this new AI industrial…
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The Call of Jesus, Then and Now – Br. David Vryhof
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Br. David Vryhof Luke 5:1-11 The call of God comes to us in a variety of ways. Sometimes it seems to come from outside of ourselves; God “breaks into” our lives, perhaps quite suddenly and unexpectedly, to reorient and redirect us. Think of St Paul on the Damascus Road or of St Matthew summoned from his tax collector’s booth. At other times, the ca…
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Br. David Vryhof Luke 5:1-11 The call of God comes to us in a variety of ways. Sometimes it seems to come from outside of ourselves; God “breaks into” our lives, perhaps quite suddenly and unexpectedly, to reorient and redirect us. Think of St Paul on the Damascus Road or of St Matthew summoned from his tax collector’s booth. At other times, the ca…
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Br. Jonathan Maury The Martyrs of New Guinea Revelation 7:9-12 Psalm 126 Luke 12:4-12 On this day, the Church honors the Martyrs of New Guinea who gave witness to Christ by their deaths during the Japanese invasion and occupation of New Guinea in 1942 and 1943. 333 Papuans and clergy, teachers, and medical staff from a range of denominations, men a…
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Br. Jonathan Maury The Martyrs of New Guinea Revelation 7:9-12 Psalm 126 Luke 12:4-12 On this day, the Church honors the Martyrs of New Guinea who gave witness to Christ by their deaths during the Japanese invasion and occupation of New Guinea in 1942 and 1943. 333 Papuans and clergy, teachers, and medical staff from a range of denominations, men a…
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“He Became Poor That You Might Become Rich” – Br. Geoffrey Tristram
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Br. Geoffrey Tristram The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost (17C) Luke 14:7-14 “Oh, I just love Luke’s Gospel!” So many people have said that to me over the years. And it probably is the most popular of all the gospels. I love Luke; all those beautiful stories; the Prodigal Son, the Good Samaritan, and of course the beloved accounts of the Nativity. B…
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Br. Geoffrey Tristram The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost (17C) Luke 14:7-14 “Oh, I just love Luke’s Gospel!” So many people have said that to me over the years. And it probably is the most popular of all the gospels. I love Luke; all those beautiful stories; the Prodigal Son, the Good Samaritan, and of course the beloved accounts of the Nativity. B…
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Tenacious, Humbled Charles Chapman Grafton – Br. Curtis Almquist
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Br. Curtis Almquist Charles Chapman Grafton Revelation 5:6-10 We commemorate today Charles Chapman Grafton, one of the three principal founders of our Society of St. John the Evangelist, this in Oxford in 1866.[i] Charles Grafton was born in Boston in 1830 and he graduated from Harvard Law School in 1853. His intent to practice law was supplanted b…
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Br. Curtis Almquist Charles Chapman Grafton Revelation 5:6-10 We commemorate today Charles Chapman Grafton, one of the three principal founders of our Society of St. John the Evangelist, this in Oxford in 1866.[i] Charles Grafton was born in Boston in 1830 and he graduated from Harvard Law School in 1853. His intent to practice law was supplanted b…
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