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The Twenty-fourth Sunday After Pentecost
As the coins clatter away Her heart beats with fear and joy. The widow flings her poverty In the face of power. When you heard the...

Father Nicholas Lang
Nov 6, 20214 min read


The Feast of All Saints
A man was reflecting with his children on his college experience. “One day,” he said, “our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a serious...

Father Nicholas Lang
Oct 30, 20215 min read


Twenty-Second Sunday After Pentecost
There was a TV commercial for an eye doctor in Connecticut in which a patient talks about how she shared with her doctor her fear of...

Father Nicholas Lang
Oct 23, 20214 min read


Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost
A married couple in their early 70’s were celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary in a quiet, romantic restaurant. Suddenly, a tiny...

Father Nicholas Lang
Oct 16, 20214 min read


Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost
In the Name of the God of abundance and generosity: Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer. Amen. “You’re asking way too much of me.” Have you...

Father Nicholas Lang
Oct 9, 20214 min read


Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost
The Old Testament and Gospel readings today are probably more than you bargained for. You might be thinking that it would have been a...

Father Nicholas Lang
Oct 2, 20214 min read


The Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost
The musical Annie, set during the Great Depression and based on the comic strip Little Orphan Annie, was one of my favorite musicals as a...

Jennifer Hudson
Sep 18, 20214 min read


The Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Comedian George Burns once said that the secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as...

Father Nicholas Lang
Sep 11, 20213 min read


The Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Deafness is certainly no joke but for many people it is a natural phenomenon which is, regrettably, part of the aging process. Nowadays,...

Father Nicholas Lang
Sep 4, 20214 min read


The Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Religious Differences. That’s what is at the core of the heated discussion in this Gospel. The conflict revolves around an occasion when...

Father Nicholas Lang
Aug 28, 20214 min read


The Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Make good choices. That’s the theme of the lessons we hear today. The Old Testament reading describes the covenant-renewal ceremony...

Father Nicholas Lang
Aug 21, 20214 min read


Feast of St. Mary the Virgin
The rector was invited to attend a party in the home of one of her parishioners. Naturally, she was properly dressed and wore her priest...

Father Nicholas Lang
Aug 14, 20214 min read


The Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost
I don’t remember a lot of clever lines from movies I’ve seen but I do have a few favorites like “Go sell crazy somewhere else. We’re all...

Father Nicholas Lang
Aug 7, 20214 min read


The Tenth Sunday After Pentecost
The 2004 French romantic film A Very Long Engagement follows twenty-year-old, polio-stricken Mathilde in her desperate search for her...

Jennifer Hudson
Jul 31, 20214 min read


The Ninth Sunday After Pentecost
The Jerusalem Gazette splashed the headline and story all over the front page: Miracle Feeding by local Rabbi Astonishes Thousands....

Father Nicholas Lang
Jul 24, 20213 min read


The Eighth Sunday After Pentecost
A conversation that is happening among clergy these days is how will COVID19 affect our churches in the short and long term. Will a good...

Father Nicholas Lang
Jul 17, 20214 min read


The Seventh Sunday After Pentecost
Well, well, well. That was a cheerful Gospel story, wasn’t it? What on earth are we supposed to learn from a grisly account of John the...

Father Nicholas Lang
Jul 13, 20214 min read


The Sixth Sunday After Pentecost
“And they took offense at him.” In the movie Last Holiday, Queen Latifah plays the role of Georgia Byrd, a sales clerk at a New Orleans...

Father Nicholas Lang
Jul 3, 20214 min read


5th Sunday After Pentecost
Two stories. Two unrelated people. Two different circumstances. Two surprising conclusions. That is the sandwich that Mark’s Gospel...

Father Nicholas Lang
Jun 26, 20214 min read


The Fourth Sunday After Pentecost
Storms teach us we are not always in control of life. It sounds like this may be another active hurricane season. When warnings of an...

Father Nicholas Lang
Jun 19, 20213 min read
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