St. Michael's of the Valley

March 28, 2024 Maundy Thursday

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.

January 14, 2024 Second 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.