Welcome
We pray the reflections below will help you in finding renewed life.
Oramos las reflexiones a continuación le ayudarán en la búsqueda de una vida renovada.
The Rev. Joe Parrish
New York, NY
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12/8/2019
Hot, Hot, Hot
John the Baptist asks for repentance and declares that a greater one than he is coming to baptize with the Holy Spirit and a fire that never ends.
Series: 2 Advent (A)
Speaker: Rev. Joe Parrish
Topic: Second Sunday of Advent, Year A
Passage: Matthew 3:1-12
Language: English
Tags
John, Jesus, Christ, baptize, fire, Holy, Spirit, God, unquenchable, potassium, phosphorous, water, planet, life, oxygen, hydrogen, purify, smokers, pregnant, folic, vitamin, aorta, aneurysm, cancer, lung, American, earth, Harvard, Smithsonian, astrophysicists, light, year, lightning, outer, space, Advent, repent, chemistry, laboratory, faith, rocket, ship, pet
12/1/2019
Uh, oh
Christ calls us to be ready.
Series: 1 Advent (A)
Speaker: Rev. Joe Parrish
Topic: First Sunday of Advent (A)
Passage: Matthew 24:36-44
Language: English
Tags
Flood, planes, 2001, disaster, volleyball, prepare, resuscitation, brother, grandfather, mother, father, crane, ferry, beach, sand, wash, rise, death, emergency, breath, breathe, Red Cross, Rotary
11/24/2019
Some last words
Only Christ keeps his calmness at his death, offering forgiveness for all who do not know what they are doing, and giving a free transit with him to Paradise to those who ask. Whom can we influence to take Jesus ticket?
Series: Proper 29 (C), Christ the King
Speaker: Rev. Joe Parrish
Topic: Proper 29, Year C, Christ the King
Passage: Luke 23:33-43
Language: English
Tags
Paradise, Jesus, Christ, God, criminal, death, diaphragm, suffocate, cross, Israel, forgiveness, love, physician, heal, Luke, gospel
11/17/2019
Our heart, and kidneys: is now, forever?
Life is often shorter than we think. Confidence--in knowing when the end will be--is misplaced, as only God knows. Christ told us to be prepared, to be ready. For it is when we take our lives as gifts only God can give, and give God thanksgiving, can we offer ourselves fully back to God. Medicine can give some answers, but only God can give solutions.
“When the whole world is running towards a cliff, he who is running in the opposite direction appears to have lost his mind.”
C. S. Lewis
Series: Proper 28 (C)
Speaker: Rev. Joe Parrish
Topic: Proper 28, Year C
Passage: Luke 21:5-19
Language: English
Tags
Chaplain, disaster, Manhattan, New York, nerve, threats, protection, biological, contaminate, Chernobyl, radioactive, hospital, world, time, futurologist, United Nations, pacemaker, defibrillator, heart, surgeon, medical, research, kidney, teenagers, forty, twelve, Elton John, Ted Williams, Stan Lee, hypertension, Red Cross, family-raising, refurbish, heart, kidneys, C. S. Lewis
11/10/2019
One love
Weddings are formed for this life only, but in many ways they reflect how we evaluate life in general, and what we value, and what we take as ultimate concerns. If Christ is on the throne of our lives, then we can remove our sometimes petty issues about our spouses and focus on how we are witnesses to others about the love Christ has for our world.
Series: Proper 27 (C)
Speaker: Rev. Joe Parrish
Topic: Proper 27, Year C
Passage: Luke 20:27-38
Language: English
Tags
Marriage, children, wife, husband, Pharisees, Jesus, Christ, Master, Lord, love, relationships, detention, Mexico, father, son, divorce, church
10/27/2019
Did we get Jesus' twist?
Jesus’ proclamation is that we only find favor in God’s sight by being humble before God.
Series: Proper 25 (C)
Speaker: Rev. Joe Parrish
Topic: Proper 25, Year C
Passage: Luke 18:9-14
Language: English
Tags
Pharisee, tax, collector, Jesus, Christ, God, savior, Lord, heal, care, humble, Germans, Russian, novelist, Yevtushenko, soldier, bread, wine, women, justify, justified, pray, prayer, medical, condition, illness, diuretic, arthritis, Parkinson Disease, Harvard, AUA, school
10/20/2019
Don't give up; keep on keeping on
The poor widow represents many around us who have needs beyond their reach. They often cry out to us. May we be the listening ears and open hearts to help others who cannot help themselves.
Series: Proper 24 (C)
Speaker: Rev. Joe Parrish
Topic: Proper 24, Year C
Passage: Luke 18:1-8
Language: English
Tags
Poor, widow, orphan, children, shelter, social, services, judges, security, job, regulation, unjust, listen, hearts, Jesus, Christ, God, pray, continuously, hands, feet, abilities, opportunities, homeless, beggar, church, friend, mass, Eucharist, talents, gifts, resources, medical, Holy Spirit, Staten, Island
10/13/2019
Turning back to God
Jesus saved the one who returned to thank him after being healed.
Series: Proper 23 (C)
Speaker: Rev. Joe Parrish
Topic: Proper 23, Year C
Passage: Luke 17:11-19
Language: English
Tags
Leprosy, Hansen’s, Samaritan, detention, 9-11, cancer, healing, save, El Salvador, Honduras, joy, doctors, Israel, worry, praise, Albert Einstein, skin, therapy, radiation, age, bodies, well, whole, exile, prayers, malignancy, music, prays, thankful
10/6/2019
Tiny faith, big results
Mustard seed faith moves mountains. What even small things we do for others will bring enormous results with the power of the Holy Spirit on our side.
Series: Proper 22 (C)
Speaker: Rev. Joe Parrish
Topic: Proper 22, Year C
Passage: Luke 17:5-10
Language: English
Tags
Meal, bread, wine, beer, betray, Bible, Albert Schweitzer, physician, hill, mountain, joy, Christmas, Albert Schweitzer, Isaac Watts, hymns
8/25/2019
Impertinence towards Disease
Jesus came to save us and to heal us now, individually, and as worshipers of him and his Heavenly Father. Jesus died on a cross to remind us of his gift of new life for us.
Series: Proper 16 (C)
Speaker: Rev. Joe Parrish
Topic: Proper 16, Year C
Passage: Luke 13:10-17
Language: English
Tags
Jesus, Christ, God, heavenly, healing, eighteen, years, synagogue, Jerusalem, family, paralyzed, lifted, cross, two, thousand, years, 9-11, World Trade, towers, chaplain, burden, lifted, healed, twelve