The prophet Isaiah describes a vision a vision of the coming of the Messiah when the whole creation will be changed. The wolf will live with the lamb. A child will play over the whole of the snake. So, I look out at this gathering today, and I see Isaiah’s vision lived out. People of all stripes and personalities and dispositions somehow, someway d…

At Evensong(A Rannaigheacht Ghairid, a traditional Gaelic form)על ידי St. George's

In today’s Gospel, Jesus tells a story, a parable, a teaching story, and this story is told to the Pharisees and to his disciples about a rich man and a poor man. Parables are supposed to be mysterious, so I don’t want to try to wrap it all up and tell you exactly what it means. But I do want one thing to be abundantly clear, and that is that God i…

Let me quote the apostle Paul as he wrote to the Philippians in the reading we heard earlier: “I thank my God every time I remember you.” Good morning beloved St. Georgians. I thank our God when I remember you and when I remember all the ways that God is at work in our midst. And I say with Paul, “I am confident of this, that the one who began a go…

Today we celebrate All Saints Sunday. It is one of the major feasts of the church year, right up there with Christmas and Easter. In some places the celebration begins on the night before, on the eve of the feast. You may be familiar with the name for the night before All Saints Day…All Hallows Eve. I will say that Halloween is one of my favorite n…

We began our service with a prayer containing these words: “O God, who before the passion of your only-begotten Son revealed his glory upon the holy mountain: Grant to us that we, beholding by faith the light of his countenance, may be strengthened to bear our cross, and be changed into his likeness from glory to glory. Grant to us that we may be c…

Joy to the world. The angel says to the shepherds, “Behold I bring you good news of great joy.” The prophet Isaiah says, “You, God, have multiplied the nations, you have increased its joy.” Psalm 96 says, “Let the heavens rejoice and the earth be glad…then all the trees of the wood will shout for joy before the Lord when he comes.” Joy. Joy. Joy. I…

Sermon from the Rev. Joseph H. Hensley, Jr., rector, St. George’s Episcopal ChurchFredericksburg, VA | The Second Sunday of Advent, Dec. 10, 2017Today, on this second Sunday in our season of Advent, we are reminded again that this is a season of waiting. Waiting for Christ to return, waiting for our completion and fulfillment, waiting for a new cre…

. All Saints is one of the principal feasts and is also a time when we welcome new saints into the church through baptism. So on this day, it is very appropriate that the crafters of our lectionary cycle of readings have chosen the introduction to Jesus’ sermon on the mount, often known as “the beatitudes.” The sermon on the mount is really an exte…

Sermon for Oct. 1, 2017, by the Rev. Joe Hensley, St. George's Episcopal Church, Fredericksburg, VAעל ידי St. George's

Sermon by the Rev. Joe Hensley, July 23, 2017, St. George's Episcopal Church, Fredericksburg, VAעל ידי St. George's

Sermon by the Rev. Joe Hensley, July 16, 2017, St. George's Episcopal Church, Fredericksburg, VAעל ידי St. George's