Tag Archives: Epiphany

Touched

Posted on January 6, 2016 by deborahmeister

The parish I serve is located next to National Cathedral, and my favorite place within the Cathedral is the Chapel of the Good Shepherd. It’s not grand or majestic, or even particularly awe-inspiring. Instead, it is humble: a tiny space … Continue reading →

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A Happy New Year with Hope for Habitual Tenderness

Posted on January 4, 2016 by jimq2012

John Newton was born in London on July 24, 1725.  His mother died when he was six and his father was a seafarer.  At eighteen years old Newton was pressed into the naval service where, as remembered by his friend … Continue reading →

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Boast Madly in God

Posted on February 12, 2015 by sonyasutton

(revised from a posting first published February 16, 2012) This Sunday marks the end of the Epiphany season and a chance to relish the word “alleluia”, before it disappears from our prayers and hymns until Easter. As it happens alleluia … Continue reading →

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Flickers of Light

Posted on January 22, 2015 by sonyasutton

The United Nations has declared 2015 an “International Year of Light” (U.N. Year of Light). Several pieces sung during January and February by the choirs of St. Alban’s have texts that center on themes of light. Coincidence? We are now … Continue reading →

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Light Before Dawn

Posted on January 8, 2015 by sonyasutton

(revised from posting in January 2013) Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark. – Rabindranath Tagore Days are lengthening, and even amid the cloudy days of winter we sense that light is returning. … Continue reading →

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It’s Magic, You Know?

Posted on January 13, 2014 by jimq2012

On Saturday evening, January Eleventh, in the year of Our Lord 2014, Deacon Juan Pastor Reyes was ordained to the Sacred Order of Priests.  The service was magical.  Perhaps, as someone who is ordained and all, rather than describing the … Continue reading →

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Born of Light

Posted on February 7, 2013 by sonyasutton

Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.  – Rabindranath Tagore Days are lengthening, and even amid the cloudy days of winter we sense that light is returning.  Our liturgical calendar plants us for … Continue reading →

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What color is dawn?

Posted on January 3, 2013 by sonyasutton

Visitors in the night are not usually harbingers of good news.  But for young Amahl in Gian-Carlo Menotti’s opera Amahl and the Night Visitors three visitors bring humor, good cheer, the promise of a savior and a miracle to this … Continue reading →

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What is your most memorable moment in church?

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Carol Flett

“What is your most memorable experience in church?” – This is one of my favorite questions to ask newcomers, couples engaged to be married, someone hoping to identify their gifts for ministry or a couple who come in to say … Continue reading →

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Epiphanies – old and new

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Carol Flett

As we enter into a new calendar year – 2012, we also enter a new liturgical season – Epiphany. Epiphany begins on January 6 and ends on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday when the season of Lent begins. … Continue reading →

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