Weekly Reflections

The Baptism of Our Lord My dearest family and friends of St. Margaret’s, HAPPY EPIPHANY TO YOU!  This year there will be six Sundays in the Season of Epiphany – the season of light!  I love celebrating Epiphany in the Northern Hemisphere, where our hours of daylight are so few in winter.  We have this […]

St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church, Emmaus, PA The Season of Christmas  –  Christmastide 2020 Dearest St. Margaret’s Family, I send my heartfelt love to each of you as we continue our Christmastide in the midst of the ever more threatening Covid crisis.  There WILL be a day when we can look back upon these days in

Happy Christmastide 2020 to you! I hope this letter finds you well and enjoying these holy days after Christmas Day.  As you are well aware, we do not just celebrate Christmas one day of the year – but 12 full days of the year!  All holy, all celebratory, all joyous in the knowledge of the

Dear Beloved St. Margaret’s Family, Merry Christmas 2020!  This holy season is so different this year from others as we endure the pandemic. HOWEVER! What is NOT different is the reality that God sent into the world a Savior, Our Lord Jesus Christ – the same yesterday, today and forever.  Here below is the Christmas

Reflections on The Season of ADVENT Dear Beloveds, This coming Sunday marks the Fourth and last Sunday of Advent.  Our waiting is about to break forth into the light of Christmas. In these last days of waiting, let us rejoice in the hope, peace, joy and love that is Our Lord. Let us renew our

Reflections on The Season of ADVENT Dear Beloveds, The Collect for this coming Sunday, ADVENT III, is one of my favorites: “Stir up your power, O Lord, and with great might come among us; and, because we are sorely hindered by our sins, let your bountiful grace and mercy speedily help and deliver us; through

Reflections on The Season of ADVENT Advent Blessings, dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ! The readings for the second Sunday of Advent have me reflecting on the passage of time.  When I was 10 years old, I calculated how many years away the age 60 was. I thought I would be so old, I could

Reflections on The Season of ADVENT Dear Beloveds, Greetings to you all as we begin the great season of ADVENT, 2020.  The great themes of Advent are powerful and speak to our everyday lives and loves in profound ways. It is a time of waiting, of expectation and longing for the coming of the Lord. 

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Greetings in Christ to each of you.  I hope and pray you are staying safe and well during this time of exponential increases of cases of Covid in the US.  It remains a health crisis of the highest order. Indeed, just this week, Bishop Kevin has called for the immediate cessation

The Feast Day of St. Margaret of Scotland Dear Brothers and Sisters, On Sunday, we have the great delight of celebrating the feast day of St. Margaret of Scotland, the patron of our parish. It is sad that we cannot celebrate in the way we’re used to—with a bagpipe procession and a wonderful party in