Sexagesima – Isaiah 55:10-13 “The pen is mightier than the sword.” This familiar axiom reminds us that the power of words – both written and spoken – can be and is greater, and more enduring, than the power of force and violence. External threats and coercive pressure can change people’s bodily actions, and make them…
Hebrews 3:12-19 “Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God; but exhort one another daily, while it is called ‘Today,’ lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning…
Luke 9:28-36 Please listen with me to a portion of St. Luke’s account of the transfiguration of Jesus, from chapter 9 of his Gospel, beginning in the 28th verse: “[Jesus] took Peter, John, and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. As He prayed, the appearance of His face was altered, and His…
Mark 4:35-41 Please listen with me to St. Mark’s version of the story that we heard in today’s Gospel from St. Matthew, in St. Mark chapter 4, beginning at the 35th verse. “On the same day, when evening had come, [Jesus] said to them, “Let us cross over to the other side.” Now when they…