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The Third Sunday of Easter
If you have ever felt as if you had lost your way in life, if you have ever experienced profound sadness, if you have ever wondered when...

Father Nicholas Lang
Apr 26, 20204 min read


The Second Sunday in Easter
Easter 2 – April 19, 2020 An older lady was pulled over for speeding. “Is there a problem, Officer?” she asked. “Ma'am, you were...
Father Nicholas Lang
Apr 19, 20204 min read


Easter Sunday
May the wonder of Christ’s rising be seen in every dawn, the love of God as wide as the skies, and the power of the Holy Spirit invite us...

Father Nicholas Lang
Apr 12, 20205 min read


Good Friday
People flock to Sedona, Arizona from all over the world to watch the sun rise, and set, and to see its reflection off the region's famed...

Father Nicholas Lang
Apr 10, 20205 min read


Maundy Thursday
In the dining room of the house in which I grew up was a large framed picture of Jesus and his disciples at the Last Supper. Perhaps you...

Father Nicholas Lang
Apr 9, 20204 min read


Palm Sunday
In the year 30 AD, a grand procession entered the city of Jerusalem to pay tribute to an important Roman leader. Drums and trumpets and a...

Father Nicholas Lang
Apr 5, 20204 min read


The Fifth Sunday in Lent
It was a dire situation. Their brother Lazarus was dead. He was a not an old man and, even though the expected lifespan was considerably...

Father Nicholas Lang
Mar 29, 20205 min read


The Fourth Sunday in Lent
“Who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” That’s the sticky question that comes from a long-held but erroneous...

Father Nicholas Lang
Mar 22, 20205 min read


The Third Sunday in Lent
Shame, shame, shame on you If you can’t dance too. Can’t stop me now hear what I say my feet wanna move so get out my way I’m gonna...

Father Nicholas Lang
Mar 15, 20205 min read


The Second Sunday in Lent
In his brilliant novel, A Mass from the Dead, William Gibson tells the story of what happened just after the death of his mother: “ I was...

Father Nicholas Lang
Mar 8, 20204 min read


The First Sunday in Lent
Some years ago, I spotted a bumper sticker that read “Eve was framed!” Funny, but it makes a good point. Poor Eve has gotten a bad rap...

Father Nicholas Lang
Mar 1, 20204 min read


Ash Wednesday
“For he himself knows whereof we are made; he remembers that we are but dust.” Let’s face it. Ash Wednesday is pretty low on the...

Father Nicholas Lang
Feb 26, 20203 min read


The Last Sunday After Epiphany: The Transfiguration
I don’t have many phobias but one I will share is my fear of driving over bridges—not the kind that connects Stratford and Devon. I’m...

Father Nicholas Lang
Feb 23, 20204 min read


The Sixth Sunday After Epiphany
Friday was Valentine’s Day. It is a big day for the economy in the U.S. According to Hallmark, more than 163 million cards are sent on...

Father Nicholas Lang
Feb 16, 20204 min read


The Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
The monsignor was being honored at his retirement dinner after 25 years in the parish. A leading local politician and member of the...

Father Nicholas Lang
Feb 9, 20204 min read


The Presentation the Lord in the Temple
I’m guessing folks have been wondering what Punxsutawney Phil would tell us this morning about the onset of spring. According to...

Father Nicholas Lang
Feb 2, 20204 min read


The Third Sunday in Epiphanytide
Mother Teresa once visited a poor man in the slums of India whom nobody knew existed. The tiny room in which he was living was untidy...

Father Nicholas Lang
Jan 26, 20204 min read


The Second Sunday after Epiphany
“They said to him, ‘Rabbi, where are you staying?’ He said to them, ‘Come and see.’” + In the Name of God the Loving Creator, the Light...

Father Nicholas Lang
Jan 19, 20204 min read


The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
Twenty-seven years ago tomorrow, right here at St. Andrew’s, I was received as a priest in the Episcopal Church and forty-seven years ago...

Father Nicholas Lang
Jan 12, 20204 min read


The Feast of the Epiphany
The story we just heard, Matthew’s Gospel, is one of the most beloved stories in the Christian tradition; one that has been immortalized...

Father Nicholas Lang
Jan 5, 20204 min read
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