October 26, 2025 - The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost

Lectionary Readings

Disturb us, O Lord, and by your Spirit, help us to dream holy dreams. Amen.

There’s was a practice common in Wales until not too long ago known as “hunting magic eels.” It’s something like a Welsh Valentine’s Day – there was an well that was said to be inhabited by enchanted eels that could predict your romantic future. If you threw a token into the well and the eels touched the token, it meant that your lover would be faithful to you for life. This well was a pilgrimage site for centuries. Today, the well and nearby church are both in ruins.

October 19, 2025 - The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Lectionary Readings

Lord Jesus, we’re doing our best, but the waiting is getting hard, so help us to not lose faith. Amen.

As the saying goes, “Life is not for the faint of heart.” There are so many things that wear us down, that deflate our hopes, that tire us out. The good news is that’s exactly the same world that Jesus was born into and the same condition that the disciples struggled with. The relief, strength, and hope that they received in being near to Jesus is the very same that we receive as we gather as his Body to receive his Body in the Eucharist. Thanks be to God.

October 5, 2025 - The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

Lectionary Readings

O God, grant us the serenity to accept the things that we cannot change, the courage to change the things that we can, and the wisdom to know the difference ☩ in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.

What a tremendous gift we have in faith! Truly, it’s an embarrassment of riches. I mean, just look at this place – we are surrounded by so much beauty and have received this wonderful church as the legacy of those who have come before. We have all received the gift of life – of the opportunity to live, and move, and have our being in the knowledge and reality of God’s love for us. We are lavished with the love of our Creator who is with us and for us in all things. And many of us are fortunate to have financial resources that afford us comfortable lives.