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Buying Eternal Life

Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
October 10th, 2021

Jesus’ enigmatic teaching about wealth and the reign of God invites us to confront our incessantly transactional nature with a radical spiritual reality: life, and eternal life especially, is a gift.

Duration: 19:01

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Confronting the Wolf

Feast Day of Francis of Assisi; Blessing of the Animals
October 3rd, 2021

by The Rev. Br. Richard Edward Helmer

The son of a wealthy Italian textile merchant takes a vow of poverty and dedicates himself to serving Christ. With the Sign of the Cross, he even protects the people and livestock of his community from a notoriously fierce wolf. But can Francis of Assisi help us confront the wolves that threaten us today?

Duration: 14:17

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God's Courtly Retinue

Saint Michael and All Angels
September 29th, 2021

by Dr. Dana Kramer-Rolls

Are angels the same as saints? Are they gods? But let us suppose that like us angels wait upon God and do God's bidding. Where would we be without them?

Duration: 11:52

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Salted and Singed

Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
September 26th, 2021

by The Reverend Stacey Grossman

In these times of pandemics, fires, floods, wars, migrations, and climate emergency, Jesus assures his followers that they will be the salt and the fire, the preservative and solvent, the light and power, that points to redemption.

Duration: 17:53

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