Lessons: Deuteronomy 30:11-20 Psalm 121 Galatians 6:14-18 Matthew 11:25-30 I spent this past week at Bishop’s Ranch, an Episcopal retreat centre located about ninety minutes north of San Francisco. I was at the Ranch as part of a self-directed preaching conference that six colleagues and I organised. During our time together, my colleagues andContinue reading “Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost + St. Francis of Assisi + Blessing of the Animals by The Rev. Martin Elfert”
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St. Francis of Assisi + Blessing of the Animals + Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Martin Elfert
Lessons: Jeremiah 22:13-16 Psalm 148:7-14 Galatians 6:14-18 Matthew 11:25-30 To visit the town of Assisi is to step into a place which is equal parts awesome and ironic. Walking up the hill to the town’s enormous and ornate basilica, you will pass gelato stands, stores selling postcards and T-shirts, and restaurants which offer anContinue reading “St. Francis of Assisi + Blessing of the Animals + Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Martin Elfert”