Category Archives: sermon

One verse, (third of) three translations

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

[Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness:] Thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; [have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.] The third translation of Psalm Four, Verse One (see yesterday’s and yesterday’s yesterday’s … Continue reading →

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One verse, (second of) three translations

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

(See yesterday’s post for the first translation …) Second, the translation found in the Book of Common Prayer: [Answer me when I call, O God, defender of my cause;] you set me free when I am hard-pressed; [have mercy on … Continue reading →

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One verse, three translations

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

Not even, really, one verse, but a fraction, a phrase, a few words lost between languages, wondering how to tell us the truth about God. First, the Revised Standard Version of the first verse of the Psalm assigned for the … Continue reading →

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Wanton Story-Telling: Year B, Easter 2

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

My children are among the very few people who have heard this story. I don’t like to tell it because it sounds so strange, so unusual, so unbelievable. I once saw the Holy Spirit in the church in which I … Continue reading →

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“Thomas Sunday” syndrome

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

The Bible tells the story of God’s relationship with God’s creation, the Divine action in the world. From the beginning, when God spoke creation into being, to the end, when God will recreate the new heavens and the new earth, … Continue reading →

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Easter

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

Someone called John tells an Easter story: It was dark. It was so early, it was still late, but she couldn’t sleep. It was too still, too cold, too dark and silent. So she went to be with him in … Continue reading →

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Easter Vigil Sermon: New fire and living water

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

New fire and living water. Extremes of existence, held together by the cross and the resurrection, like life and death. Water. Soothing, refreshing, life-giving. We play in it, luxuriate in it. Our bodies are more than half made of it. … Continue reading →

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Last words

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

This is a meditation delivered at a service of the Seven Last Words at Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland, Good Friday 2009, revisited today in honour of Holy Week and in memory of Joyce.  – Woman, behold your son: behold your mother … Continue reading →

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The Archbishop of Canterbury: Poet, Politician, or Parable?

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

A Homily for Evensong at Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland, on the feast day of Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop and Martyr, March 21st 2012 Thomas Cranmer: was he a romantic or an adventurer? A wise man or an opportunist? Was the man better … Continue reading →

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John 3:16

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

For God so loved the world he came between a mother and the baby at her breast so that each saw the image of love reflected in the other’s eyes God so loved the world that he sat at the … Continue reading →

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