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From the Ambon
From the Ambon is our parish blog, a place for sharing homilies and reflections from the life of Holy Wisdom Convergent Catholic Cathedral. Here you’ll find musings on Scripture, tradition, and faith as they meet the challenges of daily life.
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To Reform Is to Remember
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. 

Met. John Gregory
3 days ago4 min read


When Prayer Gets Stubborn
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

Fr. Columba
Oct 196 min read


When Healing Isn’t Enough
Sometimes healing is not the same as wholeness.

Met. John Gregory
Oct 123 min read


Faith, Praise, and the Quiet Work of Love
Every time we do good for the wrong reason, we deny Christ. That is a hard truth, but also a freeing one.

Fr. Iakovos Athanosios
Oct 73 min read


Lazarus is knocking
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...

Met. John Gregory
Sep 284 min read


Faith, Charity, and Stubbornness in a Corrupt Age
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...

Fr. Columba
Sep 245 min read


Feast of the Triumph of the Life-Giving Cross
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...

Met. John Gregory
Sep 244 min read


Counting the Cost of Discipleship
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:...

Fr. Columba
Sep 243 min read


Christ the Host, We the Guests: Lessons from the Table
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...

Met. John Gregory
Sep 245 min read


The Song That Death Cannot Silence
Preacher: Met. John Gregory Lectionary: Isaiah 61:10–11; Psalm 34; Galatians 4:4–7; Luke 1:46–55 Introduction Beloved in Christ, today we...

Met. John Gregory
Sep 247 min read


What Is Demanding Your Life?
Preacher:  Met. John Gregory Readings : Luke 12:13–21 | Colossians 3:1–11 | Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12–14; 2:18–23 What is demanding your life...

Met. John Gregory
Sep 243 min read


Ask. Seek. Knock.
Preacher: Fr. Columba Scripture Reading: Gen 18:20-33; Ps 138; Col 2:6-15; Lk 11:1-13 This week we move from listening to speaking. In...

Fr. Columba
Sep 243 min read


The One Thing Needed
Preacher: Fr. Columba Gen 18:1-14; Ps 15; Col 1:21-29; Lk 10:38-42 “But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be...

Fr. Columba
Sep 243 min read


Love Your Neighbor, Period.
Speaker: Fr. Iakovos Athanasios   Occasion:  The Fifth Sunday in Metanoia Readings:  Dt 30:9-14; Ps 25:1-21; Col 1:1-14; Lk...

Fr. Iakovos Athanosios
Sep 242 min read


Peace to This House
Speaker: Met. John Gregory Occasion:  The Fourth Sunday in Metanoia Readings:  Isaiah 66:10–16; Psalm 66; Galatians 6:1–18; Luke 10:1–10...

Met. John Gregory
Sep 246 min read


A Teaching on the Idolatry of the Nation
My Beloved in Christ, Grace and peace be with you. I write to you not from the comfort of a quiet study, but from a heart that feels the...

Met. John Gregory
Sep 1614 min read
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