March 28, 2024 Maundy Thursday
This is the night Jesus gave us the sacrament of the Holy Eucharist. The bread and the wine mysteriously do become his precious broken body and poured out blood. These are now signs of his suffering love for us. These are now the means by which we are strengthened in this world to continue to love despite our problems, and trials, and sufferings, and failures. God’s grace is literally given and poured into us. This is the way to that life on the other side of suffering.
February 25, 2024 Second Sunday of Lent
February 14, 2024 Ash Wednesday
February 11, 2024 Last Sunday after the Epiphany
February 4, 2024 Fifth Sunday of Epiphany
Though the terms ‘cure’ and ‘heal’ are often used interchangeably, they really have different meanings. “Cure” is defined as a ‘recovery or relief from a disease”, while to “heal” is ‘to make sound or whole.’ We might be cured of some physical or mental ailment, but remain unhealed in the larger sense. The soul remains sick. Jesus is most concerned with the healing of souls damaged by evil and sin. I don’t think he’s so concerned about your cholesterol.
January 28, 2024 Fourth Sunday of Epiphany
January 21, 2024 Third Sunday of Epiphany
January 14, 2024 Second Sunday of Epiphany
January 14, 2024/ Second Sunday of Epiphany, 2024
It’s probably safe to assume that most preachers are not preaching this lesson today, and for good reason. It’s likely to make many of us uncomfortable. However, it seems to be about more than the body. It seems to me to be more about the disposition of the soul within the body.