Book: Isaiah

Most of us spend our entire lives trying to avoid pain and suffering as much as possible, even at all costs. But we serve a God whose Son endured the ultimate pain and suffering on the Cross, so that we might have eternal life. How should we approach suffering, then? In this sermon, the Bishop-retired explains how we should relate to suffering, and that we need not be afraid.

The prophet Isaiah gives us the image of the Suffering Servant, a foreshadowing of Jesus Christ. In the image of the Suffering Servant, we receive not only a depiction of Christ, but also a depiction of His example which we are called to follow.

American Christians are no doubt incredibly disheartened by the myriad moral shortcomings of their political leaders and the march of the authoritarian state against individual and religious freedoms. But we can take heart, for as the Rector reminds us, earthly leaders will always fall short, but God in Christ will never fail us or let us down.

On this Sunday we observed the Feast of Saint Mary the Virgin (the Assumption of Mary in the Catholic tradition). Listen as the Bishop-retired reflects on the Virgin Mary’s incredible purity, virtue, and integrity, and how a proper understanding of her is an antidote to this sinful age.

In a sermon delivered for the first Annual Meeting of Holy Communion Anglican Church, the Rector recounts God’s many blessings on the congregation the previous year and reminds us of the one thing which sustains us: God’s Grace alone.

Christ’s Passion, His final hours before the Cross, form the climax of all human history. An honest reading of the Passion narrative shows us the incredible weight of Jesus’ great sacrifice. Our challenge, then, is this: Do we live as if this is true?