Tagged: Transfiguration

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An Ear to the Wood: Homily for the Second Sunday of Lent – Year C

March is a restless month. One day it feels like spring, the next, winter comes roaring back with a sudden snowstorm, like this weekend. Across the country, the weather has been wild: tornadoes, windstorms, wildfires. In many ways our world feels like a storm right now. The headlines change by the hour— inflation on the rise, financial markets dropping, people being detained, protests in the streets, arguments online. Some are afraid of what’s happening, others don’t mind so much, and still others just feel exhausted by it all....

Henry V Kenneth Branagh

Homily

Henry V and the Transfiguration: Homily for the 2nd Sunday of Lent

One of the greatest speeches in all of literature is the St. Crispin’s Day Speech by William Shakespeare from his play, Henry V. It’s October 25, in the year 1415, and King Henry of England and his men are about to fight the French in what will come to be known as the Battle of Agincourt. Henry’s men are exhausted and sick. They’ve been fighting for months, and they’ve just finished a long and grueling siege of Harfleur castle. As they move across the French countryside trying to...