Trinity Cathedral Episcopal Church

July 30, 2023 Trinity choir members John McElliott (alto) and Rowan Taymuree (tenor) will sing Benjamin Britten’s Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac in place of the sermon this week. Britten …

July 30, 2023

Trinity choir members John McElliott (alto) and Rowan Taymuree (tenor) will sing Benjamin Britten's Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac in place of the sermon this week. Britten wrote this dramatic and deeply moving work in 1952. The story of Abraham being summoned by God to offer up his own child, Isaac, for sacrifice is set using two solo voices with piano. The singers not only perform the respective roles of father and son but also, singing in unison, form the other-worldly sound of the voice of God.

Genesis 28:10-19a A sermon preached by the Rev. Adrienne Koch at Trinity Cathedral on Sunday, July 23, 2023. Dreams are the rearview mirror in our earthly travels. And I hope …

Genesis 28:10-19a

A sermon preached by the Rev. Adrienne Koch at Trinity Cathedral on Sunday, July 23, 2023.

Dreams are the rearview mirror in our earthly travels. And I hope that Jacob's learning from his dream becomes our learning. When Jacob awoke, he exclaimed: Surely the Lord is in this place--and I did not know it!" Dreams protect our ability to see, and perhaps they also protect our ability to see God; to see God's presence in our lives, especially the times we were convinced God wasn't there.

How far back do your family dreams go? Were they immigrant dreams like Abraham's? Were they born out of family trauma like Isaac? Or are you the bearer of the self-made story, like Jacob? Are you one who decided to do something differently than what your family has always done? These are the themes of all our dreams; they draw on our traumatic pasts and help us make meaning of our lives.

Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23A sermon preached by the Very Rev. Bernard J. Owens at Trinity Cathedral on Sunday, July 16, 2023.

Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

A sermon preached by the Very Rev. Bernard J. Owens at Trinity Cathedral on Sunday, July 16, 2023.

Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 A sermon preached by the Very Rev. Bernard J. Owens at Trinity Cathedral on Sunday, July 9, 2023.

Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30

A sermon preached by the Very Rev. Bernard J. Owens at Trinity Cathedral on Sunday, July 9, 2023.

Genesis 22:1-14 A sermon preached by the Rev. Adrienne Koch at Trinity Cathedral on Sunday, July 2, 2023.

Genesis 22:1-14

A sermon preached by the Rev. Adrienne Koch at Trinity Cathedral on Sunday, July 2, 2023.