Trinity Church in the City of BostonProper 5 Year B June 9, 2024 1 Samuel 8:4-11, (12-15), 16-20, (11:14-15)Psalm 138Mark 3:20-35 O God, from whom all good proceeds: Grant that by your inspiration we may think those things that are right, and by your merciful guiding may do them; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who livesContinue reading “Walls, Oxen, and Jesus.”
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Kudzu, Gethsemane, and Lancelot Capability Brown- Being grafted and pruned in the Vineyard of God.
Trinity Church in the City of Boston April 28, 2024 5th Sunday in Easter year B Almighty God, whom truly to know is everlasting life: Grant us so perfectly to know your Son Jesus Christ to be the way, the truth, and the life, that we may steadfastly follow his steps in the way thatContinue reading “Kudzu, Gethsemane, and Lancelot Capability Brown- Being grafted and pruned in the Vineyard of God.”
The Original Spice Girls and God in the midst of our messy lives
Trinity in the City of Boston Easter Vigil Year B March 30, 2024 Exodus 14:10-31; 15:20-21 [Israel’s deliverance at the Red Sea] Zephaniah 3:14-20 [The gathering of God’s people] Romans 6:3-11Psalm 114Mark 16:1-8 O God, who made this most holy night to shine with the glory of the Lord’s resurrection: Stir up in your Church thatContinue reading “The Original Spice Girls and God in the midst of our messy lives”
Stop Signs, Lent, Laws of Love
Trinity Church in the City of Boston Third Sunday in Lent Year B, 2024 Exodus 20:1-17John 2:13-22 Almighty God, you know that we have no power in ourselves to help ourselves: Keep us both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls, that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen toContinue reading “Stop Signs, Lent, Laws of Love”
Angels, Shepherds, Mangers, O MY!
Christmas Day Homily Year C 2021 God of fear, God of the night, God of the Expectation, You visited the angels in the night with songs and sights of joy. In all of our nights, turn us towards hope, because hope might just keep us alive. Amen[i] MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! We have lived through the nightContinue reading “Angels, Shepherds, Mangers, O MY!”
Christmas Cards, Choristers, and Butt Dust
Trinity Church in the City of BostonAsh Wednesday February 14, 2024 Almighty and everlasting God, you hate nothing you have made and forgive the sins of all who are penitent: Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we, worthily lamenting our sins and acknowledging our wretchedness, may obtain of you, the GodContinue reading “Christmas Cards, Choristers, and Butt Dust”
Finding Home right where you are.
Trinity Church in the City of Boston Year B Fourth Sunday after Epiphany January 28, 2024 Almighty and everlasting God, you govern all things both in heaven and on earth: Mercifully hear the supplications of your people, and in our time grant us your peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns withContinue reading “Finding Home right where you are.”
Shepherds, Midwives, and the Word made Flesh
Trinity Church in the City of BostonChristmas Day, 2023 Christmas Day I Isaiah 9:2-7 Titus 2:11-14 Luke 2: 15-20 O God, you make us glad by the yearly festival of the birth of your only Son Jesus Christ: Grant that we, who joyfully receive him as our Redeemer, may with sure confidence behold him when he comesContinue reading “Shepherds, Midwives, and the Word made Flesh”
A King who sees right through us and loves us into living more lovingly. Christ the King Sunday
Trinity Church in the City of Boston Christ the King Sunday November 26, 2023 Psalm 100Ephesians 6:10-24Matthew 25:31-46 Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all things in your well-beloved Son, the King of kings and Lord of lords: Mercifully grant that the peoples of the earth, divided and enslaved by sin,Continue reading “A King who sees right through us and loves us into living more lovingly. Christ the King Sunday”
Confrontation and Curiousity
Trinity Church in the City of Boston Proper 24 (Adapted) Year A 2023 October 22, 2023 Ephesians 3:14-21 Psalm 99 Matthew 22:15-22 Almighty and everlasting God, in Christ you have revealed your glory among the nations: Preserve the works of your mercy, that your Church throughout the world may persevere with steadfast faith in theContinue reading “Confrontation and Curiousity”
"I will with God's Help" 