February 14, 2018 - 12:00am

An Ash Wednesday Message from the Dean

I recently saw a wonderful explanation of Lent on Facebook, written by Juan Oliver, who is the Custodian of the Standard Book of Common Prayer. Fr. Oliver reminds us tha...

January 6, 2018 - 12:00am

An Epiphany Message from the Dean

The Magi appear only in the Gospel of Matthew’s account of events surrounding the birth of Jesus. It is not entirely clear whether the Gospel author was using the appear...

December 19, 2017 - 12:00am

A Christmas Message from the Dean

Christmas means many things to each of us, from the sentimental to the sacred. Most of us fall somewhere in between, for truth be known, these are not mutually exclusive...

September 6, 2017 - 12:00am

Immigration and Sanctuary Support from the Cathedral

The Cathedral is open to all who wish to enter our sacred space regardless of immigration status. Ongoing Resources & Support Clergy conversations Members of the c...

August 13, 2017 - 12:00am

A Statement from the Dean on the Violence in Charlottesville, VA

The message of hatred and exclusion such as we have seen expressed and acted out in Charlottesville since Friday night is contrary to the Gospel we proclaim. The message...

June 4, 2017 - 12:00am

A Pentecost Message from the Dean

I have learned that the people who make up this community we call “the Cathedral” are some of the most committed I have ever met. The list is a long one – the Vergers an...

April 15, 2017 - 12:00am

An Easter Message from the Acting Dean

Incredible as it may at first appear, the story of Jesus’s resurrection from death is not a work of fiction. The resurrection story relates a miracle that has meaning fo...

January 6, 2017 - 12:00am

An Epiphany Message from the Dean

The three wise men became known as the three kings, however the scriptures do not call them kings but magus, from the Greek name given by the Babylonians, Medes and Pers...

December 24, 2016 - 12:00am

A Christmas Greeting from the Dean

Today we gather to reclaim a great mystery of faith. As we enter and acknowledge the Darkness that can often surround everyday life, we renew our faith in the Light that...

November 26, 2016 - 12:00am

An Advent Message from the Dean

Each new Church Year begins with the four weeks of Advent – a time of preparation for the Feast of Incarnation – the birth of Jesus the Christ. During that time, we p...

August 25, 2016 - 12:00am

A Message from the Dean

This is to inform you, following a period of deep reflection and prayer, that I will step down as Dean of the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine at the end of June...

July 8, 2016 - 12:00am

A Statement from the Dean on Recent Shootings

The Cathedral Community offers its prayers for the most recent victims of police violence in Baton Rouge and Minneapolis and for the Dallas police who were assassinated...

May 15, 2016 - 12:00am

Unity: A Pentecost Message from the Dean

March 27, 2016 - 12:00am

An Easter Message from the Dean

Today we add our voices to those over the generations who have proclaimed, “Alleluia, Christ is risen indeed!” This passage from death into life was revealed to us th...

February 10, 2016 - 12:00am

An Ash Wednesday Message from the Dean

As we hear “You are dust and will return to dust,” we remember the cycle of life. God hates nothing that God has made. The lost will find a way home. Nothing will ret...

January 5, 2016 - 12:00am

Epiphany: A Message from the Dean

The Twelve Days of Christmas offer a relatively brief time for reflection on the Gift. We always know that Christmas will occur on the 25th of December, but what day...

December 24, 2015 - 12:00am

A Christmas Greeting from the Dean

Former Honorary Cathedral Canon Howard Thurman wrote the poem, The Work of Christmas: When the star in the sky is gone, When the Kings and Princes are home, When th...

November 29, 2015 - 12:00am

Advent 2015: A Meditation from the Dean

We begin each new Church Year with the four weeks of Advent—a preparation for the Feast of Incarnation—the birth of Jesus the Christ. We pray that God will “give us grac...

May 23, 2015 - 12:00am

The Valley of Dry Bones: A Pentecost Message from the Dean

–From Ezekiel 37:1-14 read on The Feast of Pentecost Writing for The Atlantic on May 9, Matt Schiavenza, reported: The campaign to eliminate the Ebola virus marked a...

April 5, 2015 - 12:00am

An Easter Mediation from the Dean

Across cultures and centuries people have shouted with joy, “Alleluia, Christ is risen indeed!” We join in ancient rituals, as we renew that passage from death into n...

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