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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When Healing Isn’t Enough

Sometimes healing is not the same as wholeness.

Met. John Gregory

Oct 12, 20253 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 7, 20253 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 28, 20254 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 24, 20255 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 24, 20254 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 24, 20253 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 24, 20255 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 24, 20257 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 24, 20253 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 24, 20253 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 24, 20253 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 24, 20252 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 24, 20256 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 16, 202514 min read