Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland

"Accountability is not justice." Sermon by Canon for Cathedral Life Shana McCauley, April 25, 2021, 10:00am. View the video archive of this sermon on our YouTube channel's  Sermon Playlist . Be sure to like us on  Facebook ,  Instagram , and  Twitter , and learn more about this open & welcoming community, including upcoming events, at  trinity-episcopal.org .

"Joy is the resurrection of the body." Sermon by Canon for Spiritual Formation Matthew Lawrence, April 18, 2021, 10:00am. View the video archive of this sermon on our YouTube channel's  Sermon Playlist . Be sure to like us on  Facebook ,  Instagram , and  Twitter , and learn more about this open & welcoming community, including upcoming events, at  trinity-episcopal.org .

"What does belief mean to us?" Deacon Kenneth Powell, April 11, 2021, 10:00am. View the video archive of this sermon on our YouTube channel's  Sermon Playlist . Be sure to like us on  Facebook ,  Instagram , and  Twitter , and learn more about this open & welcoming community, including upcoming events, at  trinity-episcopal.org .

"Now - not yet." Easter sermon by Bishop Diana Akiyama, April 4, 2021, 10:00am. View the video archive of this sermon on our YouTube channel's  Sermon Playlist . Be sure to like us on  Facebook ,  Instagram , and  Twitter , and learn more about this open & welcoming community, including upcoming events, at  trinity-episcopal.org .

"How will you write your ending?" Easter Vigil sermon Canon for Cathedral Life Shana McCauley, April 3, 2021, 7:00pm. View the video archive of this sermon on our YouTube channel's  Sermon Playlist . Be sure to like us on  Facebook ,  Instagram , and  Twitter , and learn more about this open & welcoming community, including upcoming events, at  trinity-episcopal.org .

"Love is not a feeling - it is an action." Maundy Thursday sermon by Canon for Spiritual Development Matthew Lawrence, April 1, 2021, 7:00pm. View the video archive of this sermon on our YouTube channel's  Sermon Playlist . Be sure to like us on  Facebook ,  Instagram , and  Twitter , and learn more about this open & welcoming community, including upcoming events, at  trinity-episcopal.org .

Station 14 - Jesus Is Laid in the Tomb "What is around you?" Led by the Rt. Rev'd Diana Akiyama, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon. If you'd like to revisit all 14 stations this Holy Week, find them all at trinitycathpdx.podbean.com or our Stations playlist on YouTube. In this episode: Art: John McLaughlin, #13 - 1973 All art featured in this audio pilgrimage series is drawn from  Stations...

"There is a crucifixion in every one of our lives." Palm Sunday sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, March 28, 2021, 10:00am. View the video archive of this sermon on our YouTube channel's  Sermon Playlist . Be sure to like us on  Facebook ,  Instagram , and  Twitter , and learn more about this open & welcoming community, including upcoming events, at  trinity-episcopal.org .

Station 13 - Jesus is Taken Down from the Cross and Given to His Mother / Jesus es bajado de la cruz y entregado a su Madre "What kind of friends are we?" Narrated by the Rev'd Wilson Ferreira, Vicar at Todos los Santos in Hillsboro and St. Michael-San Miguel in Newberg and and Westside Latino Missioner for the Diocese of Oregon, and his daughters Edna Tatiana (Tatis) and Ytzel Paola (Ytzi). In th...

Station 12 - Jesus Dies on the Cross "Truth does not disappear just because we don't approve of it." Narrated by the Rev'd Dr. Matthew Lawrence, Canon for Spiritual Formation at Trinity Cathedral in Portland. In this episode: Art:  Calvario by the Cabán group, ca. 1875–1900 All art featured in this audio pilgrimage series is drawn from  Stations of the Cross at SAAM . Music:  Improvisations by Bru...

Station 11 - Jesus is Nailed to the Cross "Who remains with Jesus until the very end?" Narrated by the Rev'd Sara Fischer, Rector at Saints Peter & Paul in Portland. In this episode: Art:  The Unknown Political Prisoner by Roberto Estopiñán, 2008 All art featured in this audio pilgrimage series is drawn from  Stations of the Cross at SAAM . Music:  Improvisations by Bruce Neswick, Canon for Cathed...

"It's time for a sex positive church." Sermon by Canon for Spiritual Formation Matthew Lawrence, March 21, 2021, 10:00am. View the video archive of this sermon on our YouTube channel's  Sermon Playlist . Be sure to like us on  Facebook ,  Instagram , and  Twitter , and learn more about this open & welcoming community, including upcoming events, at  trinity-episcopal.org .

Station 10 - Jesus is Stripped of His Garments "All of us have known the very real pain of humiliation." Narrated by the Rev'd Dawn Reynolds, new Vicar at St. Andrews in Florence. In this episode: Art:  The Naked Man by Joseph Hirsch, 1959–62 All art featured in this audio pilgrimage series is drawn from  Stations of the Cross at SAAM . Music: Improvisations by Bruce Neswick, Canon for Cathedral M...

Station 9 - Jesus Falls the Third Time "What does it take to bring the son of God to his knees?" Narrated by the Rev'd Andy McQuery, Associate Rector at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Salem. In this episode: Art:  Wheat by Thomas Hart Benton, 1967 All art featured in this audio pilgrimage series is drawn from  Stations of the Cross at SAAM . Music: La Follia by Arcangelo Corelli / Kyrie by Nichola...

Station 8 - Jesus Meets the Women of Jerusalem "Today, make it a point to notice the women you see, wherever you see them." Narrated by the Rev'ds Ali & George Lufkin, of St. Catherine/Santa Catalina in Nehalem Bay and St. Alban’s in Tillamook. In this episode: Art:  The Soprano at the Mourning Easter Wake of 1968 by Daniel Pressley, 1968  All art featured in this audio pilgrimage series is drawn...

"What are the sins you'd rather die for than deal with?" Sermon by Canon for Cathedral Life Shana McCauley, March 14, 2021, 10:00am. View the video archive of this sermon on our YouTube channel's  Sermon Playlist . Be sure to like us on  Facebook ,  Instagram , and  Twitter , and learn more about this open & welcoming community, including upcoming events, at  trinity-episcopal.org .

Station 7 - Jesus Falls the Second Time "He had to come to his death exactly as we come to our own." Narrated by the Rev'd Laura Sheridan-Campbell & Allan Miles, Vicar & Deacon at St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Shady Cove. In this episode: Art:  The Falling Gladiator by William Rimmer, 1861   All art featured in this audio pilgrimage series is drawn from  Stations of the Cross at SAAM . Music: "...

Station 6 - A Woman Wipes the Face of Jesus "Where do you notice suffering around you?" Narrated by the Rev'd Jennifer Creswell, Chaplain at Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center in Portland. In this episode: Art:  Dream Sequence by Bruria Finkel , 1976  All art featured in this audio pilgrimage series is drawn from Stations of the Cross at SAAM , developed by Victoria Emily Jones of  Art & Theolog...

Station 5 - The Cross is Laid on Simon of Cyrene Narrated by the Rev'd Nancy Gallagher, Rector of St. John the Divine in Springfield. In this episode: Art: Can Fire in the Park by Beauford Delaney , 1946  All art featured in this audio pilgrimage series is drawn from "Stations of the Cross at SAAM," developed by Victoria Emily Jones of  Art & Theology , and is part of the collection at the  Smiths...

"Foolishness and weakness, that is what church is for." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, March 3, 2021, 10:00am. View the video archive of this sermon on our YouTube channel's  Sermon Playlist . Be sure to like us on  Facebook ,  Instagram , and  Twitter , and learn more about this open & welcoming community, including upcoming events, at  trinity-episcopal.org .  

Station 4 - Jesus Meets His Afflicted Mother "Where, like Mary, do our joy and grief come together in jarring dissonance?" Narrated by  the Rev'd Dr. Maria McDowell , Rector of St. Philip the Deacon in Portland. In this episode: Art: Woman’s Head by Moissaye Marans , n.d.  All art featured in this audio pilgrimage series is drawn from "Stations of the Cross at SAAM," developed by Victoria Emily Jo...

Station 3 - Jesus Falls for the First Time "In Jesus's fall, we can see our selves - our own fallings, our own failings." Narrated by  the Rev'd Bingham Powell , Rector of St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Eugene. In this episode: Art: The Breakdown by William H. Johnson , ca. 1940–41  All art featured in this audio pilgrimage series is drawn from "Stations of the Cross at SAAM," developed by Victori...

Station 2 - Jesus Takes Up His Cross "When the Holy One beholds the city he loves and weeps, he walks directly into the devastation, pain, and grief, the boarded up doorways and the smashed windows." Narrated by  The Very Rev'd Nathan LeRud , Dean of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland. In this episode: Art:  Look Down That Road by Charles Pollock , 1942  All art featured in this audio pilgrim...

"Jesus understood the pain of loving in this broken world." Sermon by Canon for Cathedral Life Shana McCauley, February 28, 2021, 10:00am. View the video archive of this sermon on our YouTube channel's  Sermon Playlist . Be sure to like us on  Facebook ,  Instagram , and  Twitter , and learn more about this open & welcoming community, including upcoming events, at  trinity-episcopal.org .

Station 1 - Jesus is Condemned to Death "If Jesus were traveling the streets of Oregon, what would he notice? As he walked through the acres of blighted forests from wildfires, would he weep?" Narrated by the Rev'd Shana McCauley , Canon for Cathedral Life at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland. In this episode: Music: Improvisations by Katie Burk (Organ Scholar at Trinity Cathedral) Poetry: "...