Author Archives: stmichaelssurrey

If the church is the people of God, then, where is the church from Monday to Saturday? What it is doing? And where? Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 What an invitation! It’s hard to discern the emotions behind the words, but … Continue reading →

The Way of Love: Practices for Jesus-Centered Life The Most Reverend Michael B. Curry,Primate,The Episcopal Church “I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide … Continue reading →

Sunday reflection: Holy Women of the Old Testament:  16 August–Memorial-For All the Saints, A.C.C. When the Church honours the Blessed Virgin Mary (Aug. 15), it is often inclined to view her in isolation and to forget that she was a Hebrew woman. The … Continue reading →

The Transfiguration of the Lord:  6 August-Holy Day-For All the Saints, A.C.C. An account of Jesus’ transfiguration on the mount is included in each of the first three Gospels, and in each one it serves as an epiphany, a manifestation … Continue reading →

Sunday Reflection: Ephesians 1:3-14 (Sermon that Work) St. Paul’s letter to the Christian community in Ephesus, a Greek city in modern-day Turkey, incorporates themes of church unity, purity, and holiness. In this section of his letter, St. Paul tells us of the … Continue reading →

Sunday reflection:        Mark 6:1-13 (From Sermons that Work) This passage from the Gospel of St. Mark offers revelatory insight into a life of discipleship. As Jesus and his disciples continue their ministry in Jesus’ own hometown of Nazareth, they … Continue reading →

Sunday Reflection: This is the third Sunday in which we are reading through the Gospel of Mark. Last Sunday, Jesus’ disciples picked grain on the Sabbath and he cured a man’s hand on the Sabbath. In the text of the gospel that we … Continue reading →