Fr. Funston’s sermon for Sunday, March 18, 2012, the Fourth Sunday in Lent, answers a parishioner question: “What is fasting and why do we do it?” The simple answer is that fasting is going without some or all food or…
Continue ReadingMost gracious God, by the calling of your servant James Theodore Holly you gave us our first bishop of African American heritage. In his quest for life and freedom, he led your people from bondage into a new land and…
Continue ReadingThe Rector’s sermon for the Third Sunday of Lent, Lectionary Year B, is now on the internet: “What does ‘social justice’ mean in the Episcopal Church?” Social justice generally refers to the idea of creating a society or institution that…
Continue ReadingAlmighty and merciful God, you raised up Gregory of Rome to be a servant of the servants of God, and inspired him to send missionaries to preach the Gospel to the English people: Preserve in your Church the catholic and…
Continue ReadingAlmighty God, you have revealed to your Church your eternal Being of glorious majesty and perfect love as one God in Trinity of Persons: Give us grace that, like your bishop Gregory of Nyssa, we may continue steadfast in the…
Continue ReadingGlorious God, we give thanks not merely for high and holy things, but for the common things of earth which you have created: Wake us to love and work, that Jesus, the Lord of life, may set our hearts ablaze…
Continue ReadingO God the King of saints, you strengthened your servants Perpetua and Felicitas and their companions to make a good confession, staunchly resisting, for the cause of Christ, the claims of human affection, and encouraging one another in their time…
Continue ReadingDivine Physician, we bless your Name for the work and witness of the Mayos and the Menningers, and the revolutionary developments that they brought to the practice of medicine. As Jesus went about healing the sick as a sign of…
Continue ReadingAlmighty God, you empowered Paul Cuffee to be a powerful evangelist and preacher and so to win many souls for Christ among the Native Americans of Long Island: Help us to proclaim your Word with power, in the Name of…
Continue ReadingThe Rector’s sermon for the Second Sunday of Lent, Lectionary Year B, is now on the internet: Jesus calls each of us to take up our cross and follow him; he doesn’t in any way offer to carry our cross…
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