Homily – April 30, 2017
“They said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?” Luke 24:32 We […]
Category: Homily
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All Saints/All Souls Homily 2016
All Saints/All Souls offer us an opportunity to remember and give thanks for our ancestors in faith and for loved one departed. Our remembering brings us back but also more […]
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Homily October 9, 2016
‘In its welfare you will find your welfare.’ Jeremiah 29:7 The Dominicans are a religious order that began over 800 years ago. After each monk’s name are the letters, O.P. […]
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Homily September 11, 2016
Entering the Night/Returning with the Eternal Day Always mindful of the two pillars of Sabbath – Delight in Creation and Deliverance from Slavery/Salvation – Victory over Sin and Death. 15 […]
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Homily August 21, 2016
Prepare to be Unbound We meet a woman in today’s Lucan gospel reading who has been bound for 18 years by an ailment. She is literally bent over. Her view […]
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Homily from August 7, 2016
James, William. “Varieties of religious experience: a study in human nature.” At the turn of the last century James studied the varieties of religious experiences. He looked especially at peak […]
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Homily from July 31, 2016
“it is an unhappy business that God has given to human beings to be busy with.” The writer of Ecclesiastes is a philosopher more than a theologian perhaps and at […]
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Patronal Feast Reflection
St. Martin, as a young soldier, came upon a naked beggar. He cut his cloak in two and gave half to the beggar thus providing him with warmth and comfort. […]
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Sermon – May 10 – The Reverend Nancy Murphy
Easter 6, Year B – St. Martin’s – 10 May 2015 Acts 10:44-48, Psalm 98, John 5: 1-6; John 15: 9-17 As I prepared for this Sunday homily, there was […]
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Sermon – May 3 – The Reverend Nancy Murphy
Acts 8: 26-40; Psalm 22: 24-30; 1 John 4: 7-21; John 15: 1-8 Many of you know that I am a gardener. Kathleen Walker and I have run a business […]