Holy Moments
Holy Moments Holy Cross Homily, 26-May-24 Edward Happ Lectionary: Isaiah 6:1-8 Romans 8:12-17 John 3:1-17 Psalm 29 Prayer "Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer" --Psalm 19:14 Please be seated One of my former priests, instead of the usual sermon, would occasionally give what he called a BLT, a "blessed little thought," a shorter reflection. So, here is my hopefully BLT this morning. I. Holy moments leave us speechless For my text today I am taken up by the words of the Psalm we just read: "The voice of the Lord is a powerful voice; the voice of the Lord is the voice of Splendor." --Psalm 29:4 Bill Moyers once interviewed Coleman Barks, the translator of the Sufi poet Rumi, sometimes called the Shakespeare of the east. In the interview he asked Coleman about his experience of ecstasy. So Coleman talked about when he was a young boy in t...