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You've probably noticed that there's something different about our readings today. (See collect and lessons attached below) Our propers commemorate the destruction of the Temple observed on Tisha B’Av, the ninth day of the summer month of Av in the Jewish calendar. That day is today. Let us remember. 

The following sermon was delivered at St. John the Baptist Church, Maadi, Cairo, Egypt on Friday 27 July, 2012

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Grace and peace to you from the God and Father of our Lord and Savior, Jesus the Christ.  Amen.

Today, we shift gears.  For the next five weeks we move from the Gospel of Mark to the Gospel of John.  Today, we heard this:

This past weekend, we experienced yet another mass shooting of innocents. We saw the pictures on TV of the theater in Aurora, CO and were once again dismayed and bewildered by the horror we inflict upon each other in this world.

The following sermon was delivered at St. John the Baptist Church, Maadi, Cairo, Egypt on Friday 20 July.

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 Grace and Peace to you from God our Father, and the Lord and Saviour, Jesus the Christ.  Amen.

My family just moved into a new house. It is a faculty house belonging to my seminary where I teach and I am delighted to get to live there. The move went well - for about a day. Then I got sick and ended up in the hospital having two surgical procedures in two days.

The following sermon was delivered at St. John the Baptist Church, Maadi, Cairo, Egypt on Friday 13 July.

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Is not this the carpenter, the son of Miriam called Mary and brother of Ya‘akov called James and Yosef called Joses and Yehudah called Judas and Shimon called Simon, and are not his sisters here with us?” And they were scandalized by him.

The following sermon was delivered at St. John the Baptist Church, Maadi, Cairo, Egypt on Friday 6 July.

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Grace and Peace to you, from God our Father, and our Lord and Saviour, Jesus the Christ.  Amen.