St Thomas

Fifth Sunday after Epiphany, Year C, February 10, 2019 Isaiah 6:1-8, [9-13]; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 Luke 5:1-11; Psalm 138 St Thomas the Apostle The Rev’d Leo Loyola Fact: No one ever shares good news until it is at least eight in the morning. Seven, with coffee. It was four am, when Dad called, and he clearly did not have good news. “Leo, your mom is at the ER and her health is fading fast. They don’t expect her to last beyond 24 hours.” I woke my wife up with the news, and she consoled me. Mom never had the best of health, so we weren’t too surprised. Still, the reality of her impending death hit me hard at that moment, although she would eventually recover her third near-death experience. When Benjamin finally heard about Mom’s situation, he came running into the house to find me, forgetting again to close the…

Third Sunday after the Epiphany, Year C, January 27, 2019 Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10; Psalm 19 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a; Luke 4:14-21 St Thomas the Apostle The Rev’d Leo Loyola Last Sunday was clearly a huge milestone for Saint Thomas. We were, our Senior Warden Nancy LeGros puts it in her letter to Saint Thomas in our recent Doubter, “privileged to witness a long-standing wrong being made right”. The observance of same-sex marriages in this space has been long overdue. Four years long overdue, since the Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples had the constitutional right to marry in this country. Seven years long overdue, since the Episcopal Church passed a resolution approving an official liturgy for blessing same-sex unions. Thirteen years long overdue, since General Convention adopted a resolution stating that “gay and lesbian persons are by Baptism full members of the Body of Christ”. Or as Bishop Gene put…