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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT Good Friday – March 29, 2013 Several years ago, I read a reflection by a priest who wrote about a Good Friday service she attended when she was a teenager. When the large cross was brought into the church and placed […]
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Sermon preached by Dr. Fredrica Harris Thompsett St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Great Vigil of Easter – March 30, 2013 Gracious God Guide us as we move From Darkness to Light, From Mourning a loss to Remembering Love. Set our Hearts Afire with Resurrected Love. Amen On this most holy night, I […]
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Sermon preached by Dr. Fredrica Harris Thompsett St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT Maundy Thursday – March 28, 2013 In tonight’s service we are invited, rather I believe we are biblically urged, to experience the hospitality of God . . . the untamed hospitality of God! * I wish to emphasize that word “untamed.” […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Sunday of the Resurrection: Easter Day – March 31, 2013 May the wonder of Christ’s rising be seen in every dawn, the love of God be as wide as the skies, and the power of the Holy Spirit invite us […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Fifth Sunday in Lent – March 17, 2013 Two Irishmen were sitting in a pub having a beer. Well. It is St. Patrick’s Day, after all. They’re looking out the window at what was a well- known house of ill […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Second Sunday in Lent – February 24, 2013 Doubt and Fear: Two related constructs, reactions, cognitive-emotional positions. We find both in the Scriptures today and there is good news in the thick of these two stories. In the Hebrew Scripture […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The First Sunday in Lent – February 17, 2013 The world woke up to rather startling news on Monday morning: the Pope is resigning in two weeks. At 8 pm on February 28, Benedict XVI will no longer rule over the […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Cindy Stravers St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Last Sunday after the Epiphany: The Transfiguration – February 10, 2013 In the name of the living God – our Source, our Strength and our End. This is the last Sunday of the Season After Epiphany, the last Sunday before […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany – February 3, 2013 The blessing of God who creates and renews us, surrounds us with the light of Christ, and the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen This is a Gospel that requires some […]
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Evensong Homily Preached by the Rev’d Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul (transferred) – January 27, 2013 We’re continuing our celebration during this service of Evensong of our patron saint Paul, what Anglican’s call our “Patronal Feast.” As I noted in the sermon at […]
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