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Here follows a blog containing occasional sermons and musings on the Gospel reading for the Mass of the Sunday or Holy Day.
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Br. Lee Hughes, OP (Anglican)
Oct 17, 20216 min read
On Christ, Priest, Victim, Servant-King, and Ransom
[Sermon delivered at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Phoenix, Arizona, on the Twenty-First Sunday of Pentecost, October 17, 2021...
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Br. Lee Hughes, OP (Anglican)
Oct 10, 20213 min read
Leaving Everything
Last week my parish celebrated the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels, the day before the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the reason...
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Br. Lee Hughes, OP (Anglican)
Oct 3, 20213 min read
Angels Among Us
Ever since attendance at Mass on major feast days had seriously declined, parishes like the one I belong to have begun celebrating those...
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Br. Lee Hughes, OP (Anglican)
Sep 26, 20212 min read
Salt and Millstones
Today's readings for Mass, that is, the Epistle and the Gospel, play a counter-harmony to each other. In the Epistle (Jas. 5.13-20) the...
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Br. Lee Hughes, OP (Anglican)
Sep 19, 20216 min read
On Who is the Greatest
[Sermon delivered at St. Mary the Virgin Episcopal Church, Phoenix, Arizona (https://stmarysphoenix.org) for the Seventeenth Sunday after...
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Br. Lee Hughes, OP (Anglican)
Sep 12, 20213 min read
Shame versus the Cross
It seems that religion is falling out of vogue. It also seems that those of us still among the faithful are making apology for it, not...
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Br. Lee Hughes, OP (Anglican)
Sep 5, 20213 min read
When VIP Seating is a Problem
How many of us have shelled out extra for a better seat? Concerts, Economy Plus on the airplane, behind the catcher at the ballpark, VIP...
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Br. Lee Hughes, OP (Anglican)
Aug 29, 20212 min read
What Really Matters
I really really really love a good solid High Mass or Divine Liturgy. Others might disagree, finding a lot of ceremony distasteful, but I...
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Br. Lee Hughes, OP (Anglican)
Aug 22, 20212 min read
You Have the Words of Eternal Life
Our Gospels this month at Mass have been focusing on Jesus, the Bread of Life. Today in the Gospel lesson (St. John 6.56-69), Our Lord...
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Br. Lee Hughes, OP (Anglican)
Aug 15, 20216 min read
On the Birth-Giver of God
[Sermon delivered on both the Feast of the Dormition/Assumption and the following Sunday at St. Mary the Virgin Episcopal Church,...
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Br. Lee Hughes, OP (Anglican)
Aug 8, 20216 min read
On St. Dominic's Mission
[Sermon delivered at St. Mary the Virgin Episcopal Church, Phoenix, Arizona (https://stmarysphoenix.org) for the Eleventh Sunday after...
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Br. Lee Hughes, OP (Anglican)
Aug 1, 20212 min read
Responsible Eating
It should come as no surprise to any who read last week's post that this week's Gospel (St. Jn. 6.24-35) at Mass is Jesus' statement that...
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Br. Lee Hughes, OP (Anglican)
Jul 25, 20212 min read
Prologues, Precursors, and Predictions
Today's Gospel reading (St. John 6.1-21) is a bit of a mash-up of two miracle stories. The first is the Feeding of the Five Thousand; ...
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Br. Lee Hughes, OP (Anglican)
Jul 18, 20216 min read
On the Temple of the Kingdom
[Sermon delivered at St. Mary the Virgin Episcopal Church, Phoenix, Arizona (https://stmarysphoenix.org) for the Eighth Sunday after...
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Br. Lee Hughes, OP (Anglican)
Jul 4, 20212 min read
I'm Done Here
Whoa! Wait! What? Whenever we hear those words, we know someone has reached the end of their patience with some person or situation. It...
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