by St. Francis | Apr 2, 2026 | Rector's Reflections
Today is Mandate Thursday, though some of you may know it better by its archaic moniker, Maundy. This is the mandate we hear from Jesus: “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this...
by St. Francis | Mar 27, 2026 | Rector's Reflections
It started with a triumphal march into Jerusalem, the people singing Hosannas and laying down their coats or palm fronds in front of Jesus as he rode into town…on a donkey. The King of kings wasn’t in a chariot or on a horse, but on the ancient world equivalent of a...
by St. Francis | Mar 19, 2026 | Rector's Reflections
I am continually annoyed by people who don’t know how the carpool line at school operates; there are people who don’t pull forward when the line moves, enter from the wrong side of the street, don’t look before they pull away, or get impatient when I give the...
by St. Francis | Mar 13, 2026 | Rector's Reflections
Every Sunday, in our Prayers of the People, we pray for the victims of violence everywhere, and for the perpetrators of violence, so that they may cease their evil ways and return to Christ. We’ve been praying for the Middle East for some time now, and we will...
by St. Francis | Mar 11, 2026 | Outreach
It’s time again for our quarterly Military Outreach collection supporting military families at Camp Pendleton and Fort MacArthur. These donations help stock the Warrior Warehouse and Airman’s Attic, where service members and their families can receive needed items at...