In his sermon on John 1:43-51, Canon Alfred Price said, “Jesus didn’t ask us to succeed—he asked us to try. The message in the first chapter of John, indeed throughout the gospels, is that God’s love is extended to us through our brother, through our friend, through our Advocate, Jesus Christ the righteous … We…
In his sermon this morning on the Baptism of Jesus, Jim Naughton, a partner at Canticle Communications, said, “I don’t need to tell you that John the Baptist was a controversial figure. Herod saw him as a threat, and it cost John his life. He was a strident, anti-establishment, ‘I am calling you to be…
In today’s sermon, Canon Twila Smith considers the story of the Magi who traveled to find the Christ Child. Like us, she says, they were “people seeking to understand what is beyond them.” “The good news is that God keeps appearing,” she says. “God does not send us on this journey alone.”
“In these uncertain times, may the children of God remember to grab hold of that truth, that grace and that light that are ours,” said Canon Vanessa Butler in her sermon for the First Sunday After Christmas. “And may we not keep it to ourselves.”
Bishop Sean Rowe preached at this online Christmas Eve service, which included music from St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Fairview, the Cathedral of St. Paul in Erie, and St. Paul’s Cathedral in Buffalo. The service begins at 12:15 in the video after a singalong including favorite Christmas carols.
In this sermon for the fourth Sunday in Advent, Canon Theologian John Downey reflects on the long nine months since the Feast of the Annunciation in March, when we celebrated the Angel Gabriel’s visit to Mary.
While our church buildings are closed in response to the surge of COVID-19 in our region, Bishop Sean will lead online worship via Zoom each Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m. Use this link to join the service. If you are asked for a password, use lakeerie. To join by phone instead of video, dial 646-876-9923…
Dear Friends: Earlier this week, we heard encouraging news about a COVID-19 vaccine that could begin to be available early next year in limited quantities. I give thanks for this source of hope, especially as the virus is now spreading at an unprecedented rate across our region. Although we hope that 2021 will bring some…
Beginning September 13, online diocesan worship services will be led from the Cathedral of St. Paul in Erie and St. Paul’s Cathedral in Buffalo on alternating Sundays. The services will be posted on Facebook and YouTube each Sunday morning at 10 a.m., and will also be available for viewing on demand. The services will include…
In his sermon on Romans 12:9-21, Craig Dressler of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Erie says that Christians are suffering not only from the pandemic and racial injustice, but also a crisis of autonomy, in which we resist living in community. Watch the entire service:
“When we are asked the question ‘who do you say that I am,’ we can take a humbler approach. We can say that you are the Messiah, the Christ. You will lead us, we will follow,” said Bishop Sean in his sermon on August 23. “And we understand that it is a journey that we…
On July 19, people from across the partnership joined Bishop Sean online to hear updates about what’s happening around the diocesan partnership, how we’re continuing to respond to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, and more about our new Sacred Ground groups that are discussing race and faith. Watch the conversation at the link above…
