Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA

The Sixth Sunday of Easter, 11 a.m. Eucharist

May 25, 2025

Acts 16:9-15

Psalm 67

Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5

John 14:23-29

Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA 2F16

5 Easter (Year C) RCL 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. Eucharist

Sunday 18 May 2025 | Bay to Breakers

Acts 11:1-18

Psalm 148

Revelation 21:1-6

John 13:31-35

Most holy God, make all things new. Make all things new, beginning with us. Amen.

"People don't realize how a [person's] whole life can be changed by one book." I came across this sentence at the age of twenty-two in a book that changed my life, The Autobiography of Malcolm X. I put on his worldview like a pair of reading glasses that suddenly brought the truth about our society into focus. Tomorrow we celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of his birth at a historical moment when his teachings could hardly be more important.

Our Acts passage concludes with Luke writing, "God has given even to the Gentiles the repentance that leads to life" (Acts 11). How can we too experience this "repentance that leads to life?" The Greek word for repentance is metanoia. It means a change in our nous, the very core of our being, in the very worldview that guides our decisions. All our readings today describe new life, a new pattern for human relationships, a new creation, even a new heaven and earth.

Grace Cathedral, San Francisco

The Fourth Sunday in Easter, Mother's Day

May 11, 2025

Acts 9:36-43

Psalm 23

Revelation 7:9-17

John 10:22-30

Th​is sermon explores what makes a true movement leader, building from the gospel passage from John 21 and scholarship of Raymond Brown. Love, vicarious authority, and sacrifice emerge as the Christlike qualities needed—not only in the church but in social movements today. From Occupy to Black Lives Matter, we see the power and risk of decentralized movements. Our call as people of faith is to recognize, support, and embody leadership that is loving, accountable, and willing to sacrifice for the common good.

Easter 3C RCL: • Acts 9:1-6,(7-20) • Psalm 30 • Revelation 5:11-14 • John 21:1-19

Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA 2F13

Easter Sunday (Year C) 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. Eucharist

Sunday 20 April 2025

Acts 10:34-43

Psalm 118:1,2,14-24

1 Corinthians 15:19-26

Luke 24:1-12

In this sermon, the Rev. Canon Anna E. Rossi explores the profound theological and emotional struggle to find meaning and God's presence amid suffering and atrocity, using the lens of the aftermath of the Shoah (Holocaust.) In all circumstances, even in the face of overwhelming evil, there is a human impulse to seek understanding through faith. The message affirms God's presence not in power or escape, but in solidarity with suffering — applying Jewish feminist theologian Melissa Rafael's assertion that God is in the ashes." Through the crucifixion, it portrays divine compassion and calls the faithful to witness, serve, and love amid injustice, embodying Christ's presence in a wounded world.

The Rev. Canon Mary Carter Greene

Grace Cathedral, San Francisco

Exodus 12:1-14

Psalm 116:1, 10-17

1 Corinthians 1:23-26

John 13:1-17,31b-35

Clergy and laity of the diocese gather to renew their vows of ordination and services in a beautiful Holy Week liturgy with the Rt. Rev. Austin Keith Rios, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of California, preaching and presiding. This year, we will joyfully install the Very Rev. Dr. Cameron Partridge as Dean of the San Francisco Deanery. Further, Oil of Chrism is consecrated in the midst of the liturgy, and healing oil blessed. Oils will be made available to the congregations of the diocese, and containers will be provided.

In her Palm Sunday homily, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde reflects on the tension between purposeful action and humble acceptance, using Jesus' journey to the cross as a model of courageous surrender. She draws on Scripture, the Serenity Prayer, and personal experience to explore how we are called to live with intention even when faced with hardship or circumstances beyond our control. Jesus' deliberate path into Jerusalem and his ultimate acceptance of suffering illustrate a profound trust in God—not passivity, but a love-rooted surrender that brings strength and freedom. Budde invites listeners to open their hearts during Holy Week, to name their struggles honestly, and to find grace in the stillness, the silence, and the shared journey with Christ through whatever cannot be changed.