Today we commemorate the Theophany. The word itself sounds distant, maybe even technical, but it is simple in meaning. A theophany is a divine manifestation. It names those moments when God does not remain hidden, when God presses into history and makes himself known. While this feast technically occurred a few days ago, the Church in her wisdom gives us time to sit with it. To notice what it is really saying to us. In our tradition, Theophany centers on the baptism of Christ

Christ is born into the world and into our lives not to leave things untouched, but to draw us back together. To gather what was scattered. To heal what was worn thin. To turn mourning into joy without denying the truth of grief.   We do not rush past this mystery. We stay long enough to be changed. We walk long enough to be gathered. We trust long enough to find our way home.

John tells us Jesus is the Word. The Word who always was. The Word who comes from the Father. The Word through whom creation itself comes into being. This is not poetry for poetry’s sake. John places Christ at the center of all reality. Genesis echoes in every line. Wisdom literature hums beneath the text. Early Christians heard this and recognized something bold. The Word who spoke to the prophets. The Word who wrestled Jacob. The Word who met Moses on Sinai. The Word who st

Lessons: Isaiah 7:10-16; Psalm 24; Romans 1:1-7; Matthew 1:18-25 This is the last Sunday of Advent. And by now, most of us are tired of waiting. Not the gentle waiting we romanticize in church language. Not the kind where candles glow softly and everything smells like pine and cinnamon. The waiting most people carry into this season is heavier than that. It is the waiting of people who have done everything they know how to do and still do not know what comes next. Waiting for

Lessons: Isaiah 35:1-10; Psalm 146; James 5:7-10; Matthew 11:2-11 Advent is a season of waiting. Not passive waiting, not distraction or delay, but a waiting that asks something of us. Advent waiting requires patience, and patience is never neutral. It is shaped by where we stand and what we are carrying. Today’s reading from James speaks directly into that space. “Be patient, then, my friends, until the Lord comes.” This is not gentle advice offered to people living comforta

Lessons: Isaiah 11:1-10; Psalm 72:1-15; Romans 15:4-13; Matthew 3:1-12   We enter this fifth week of Advent with a theme that feels almost tailor-made for the moment we’re living in. This is the week shaped by the ancient cry of the Church for the One who opens what is closed, who frees what is bound, who breaks through the places that feel sealed shut. Every reading today is speaking to hearts that feel stuck, strained, or carried to the edge.   And I don’t know that there h

This Advent reflection invites readers into three movements: wake, watch, and walk. Fr. Columba calls the church to break out of spiritual numbness, stay alert to God’s presence, and resist the pull of routine. He urges vigilance in a world marked by uncertainty and suffering, not with fear but with hope rooted in Christ’s promise to restore creation. Finally, he reminds us that the Christian walk is imperfect but always possible through grace. Advent becomes a season of smal

Christ the King does not rule from a throne of power but from a cross of mercy. This homily explores three movements in the readings. Christ gathers the scattered like a shepherd. Christ holds a shaking world as the still point of peace. Christ reveals his true reign through nonviolent love as he forgives from the cross. The kingdom grows through compassion, presence, and sacrificial love.

Advent trains us to look in two directions at once. We remember the first coming of Christ. We hold hope for the second. This season asks us to stay honest about the world we live in and the world God promised. That tension is holy. It keeps us awake.

Advent begins not with angels or shepherds but with Wisdom. Before the manger and the miracle, there is the Word that shaped creation, the voice that speaks order into chaos and gives meaning to life.

Preacher: Fr. Columba Lessons: Ecc 44:1-14 or Rev 7:9-17; Ps 149; Eph 1:(11-14)15-23; Lk 6:20-26(27-36) Today we celebrate the Feast of All Saints, and by happy coincidence, it aligns with All Souls Day. These two observances belong together, inviting us to remember the holy ones of every age, the martyrs and mystics, and the faithful who lived quiet, uncelebrated lives of love and devotion. In the early Church, there were so many saints, so many martyrs, and so many local fe

We did not gather this past Sunday, but I have found that even when the church is scattered, the Spirit is not idle. There are weeks when the work of worship happens in the heart rather than in the sanctuary.

Preacher: Fr. Columba Lessons: Gen 32:398,22-30; Ps 121; 2 Tim 3:14-4:5; Lk 18:1-8 Today’s Gospel gives us what is often called the parable of the unjust judge, or the parable of the widow and the judge. On the surface, it seems clear. Most people read it and immediately think it is about prayer. Keep praying. Do not give up. Bring your requests to God and stay faithful. And yes, that is part of it. But when you start digging deeper, when you read it in context and look at ho

Sometimes healing is not the same as wholeness.

Every time we do good for the wrong reason, we deny Christ. That is a hard truth, but also a freeing one.

Preacher: Met. John Gregory Lessons: Amos 6:1-7; Ps 146; 1 Tim 6:11-19; Lk 16:19-31 Every week the lectionary places the voices of...

Preacher:  Fr. Columba Readings:  Amos 8:4–12; Psalm 138; 1 Timothy 2:1–7; Luke 16:1–13 Sometimes the lectionary feels like it was chosen...

Preacher: Met. John Gregory Lessons: Isaiah 45:21–25; Psalm 98; Philippians 2:5–11; John 12:31–36   There is a restlessness in the heart...

Preacher: Fr. Columba Deut 30:15-20; Ps 1; Phlm (1-3)4-21(22-25); Lk 14:25-33 Today’s gospel reading reminds us of a hard truth:...

The Preacher: Met. John Gregory Lessons: Ecc 10:7-18; Ps 112; Heb 13:1-8; Lk 14:1,7-14 Beloved in Christ, today the Gospel takes us to a...