Father GeorgeJan 13, 20195 minFeast of the Baptism of our LordIsaiah 43:1-7; Psalm 29; Acts 8:14-17; Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 You are mine There is an adorable meme going around Facebook that has a...
Father GeorgeJan 6, 20195 minThe Epiphany!Isaiah 60:1-6; Psalm 72:1-7,10-14; Ephesians 3:1-12; Matthew 2:1-12 For the Sundays of Advent and Christmas we observed the three kings,...
Father GeorgeDec 30, 20185 minFirst Sunday after ChristmasIsaiah 61:10-62:3; Galatians 3:23-25; 4:4-7; John 1:1-18 Life itself has come into being through Jesus, the Christ. He is life which is...
Father GeorgeDec 25, 20184 minChristmas DayMerry Christmas! This little piece of Luke’s Gospel – the prelude to Jesus’ birth – is often overlooked. Jesus was born in a barn,...
Father GeorgeDec 24, 20185 minIt came upon a midnight clearI have always loved, loved, loved the hymn we just sang: It Came Upon the Midnight Clear. The lovely, almost haunting melody is one that...
Father GeorgeDec 24, 20182 minChristmas Eve Family ServiceHey, can you remind me where Jesus was born? Stable, barn…some people think that he may have even been born in a cave, which is where...
Father GeorgeDec 23, 20186 minFourth Sunday of AdventMicah 5:2-5a; Psalm 80:1-7; Hebrews 10:5-10; Luke 1:39-45 (46-55) God is on the move! We have heard this phrase many times before. The...
Father GeorgeDec 16, 20185 minThird Sunday of AdventZephaniah 3:14-20; Canticle 9; Philippians 4:4-7; Luke 3:7-18 The exultancy of the first readings today shatters any gloom that might...
Father GeorgeDec 9, 20185 minSecond Sunday of AdventBaruch 5:1-9; Canticle 16; Philippians 1:3-11; Luke 3:1-6 When I looked at the reading from Luke for the first time on Monday, I thought...
Father GeorgeNov 18, 20185 minTwenty-sixth Sunday after Pentecost1 Samuel 1:4-20; 1 Samuel 2:1-10; Hebrews 10:11-14 (15-18) 19-25; Mark 13:1-8 What liturgical season begins two weeks from today? Right,...
Father GeorgeNov 11, 20184 minTwenty-fifth Sunday after PentecostRuth 3:1-5; 4:13-17; Psalm 127; Hebrews 9:24-28; Mark 12:38-44 I don’t think any of us would deny that we live in a world of anxiety. And...
Father GeorgeNov 4, 20185 minAll Saints SundayWisdom of Solomon 3:1-9; Psalm 24; Revelation 21:1-6a; John 11:32-44 Today we celebrate the Feast of All Saints, one of the five pillar...
Father GeorgeOct 28, 20184 minTwenty-third Sunday after PentecostJob 42:1-6, 10-17; Psalm 34:1-8; Hebrews 7:23-28; Mark 10:46-52 What does it mean to truly see? We hear and look a lot but do we see?...
Father GeorgeOct 21, 20184 minTwenty-second Sunday after PentecostJob 38:1-7; Psalm 104:1-9, 25, 37b; Hebrews 5:1-10; Mark 10:35-45 If we look at all the readings in total today, they seem a bit like a...
Father GeorgeOct 14, 20186 minTwenty-first Sunday after PentecostJob 23:1-9, 16-17; Psalm 22:1-15; Hebrews 4:12-16; Mark 10:17-31 We really have two types of confession in our tradition: a confession of...
Father GeorgeOct 7, 20185 minTwentieth Sunday after PentecostJob 1:1; 2:1-10; Psalm 26; Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12; Mark 10:2-16 There was a movie, I can’t remember which, where a young boy has become an...
Father GeorgeSep 30, 20186 minNineteenth Sunday after PentecostA preacher's little girl inquired, "Daddy, I notice every Sunday morning when you first come to the pulpit to preach, you bow your head....
Father GeorgeSep 23, 20186 minEighteenth Sunday after PentecostThe Disciples are in a bit of a crisis. Last week they thought they had things right. They had been sitting at the feet of Jesus for...
Father GeorgeSep 16, 20184 minSeventeenth Sunday after PentecostProverbs 1:20-33; James 3:1-12; Wisdom 7:26–8:1; Mark 8:27-38 My brother, Mark, and I have a kind of tradition. Each year, on our...
Father GeorgeSep 9, 20185 minSixteenth Sunday after PentecostI am reading a book by Will Willimon, a retired Methodist bishop, called Why, Jesus? And he has titles for Jesus like Preacher, Vagabond,...