Hearing the Voice of God
Sally Ethelston
March 17, 2024
Texts:
Jeremiah 31:31-34
Psalm 51:1-13
Hebrews 5:5-10
John 12:20-33
Lord, grant us grace to love what you command and to desire what you promise — that we may hear your voice. Señor, concédenos la gracia de amar lo que mandas y desear lo que prometes, para que podamos escuchar tu voz. Amen.
Good morning! My name is Sally, and I am here with Idalia and Don Valerio of the Vestry, and with Ana and Charles of San Mateo / St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Hyattsville, Maryland. Ana and I are members of the group working on what we call the bathroom project at San Mateo. It’s wonderful to be here with you.
It’s also great to be back in my old neighborhood! I lived for several years on Lanier Place and before that in several other places in Adams Morgan and Mt Pleasant — altogether, more than ten years between 1983 and 1995. And from 1997 to 2022, when I was ordained a Deacon here in the Diocese of Washington, I was a member of St. Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church, at 16th and Newton Streets.