Branches in Haiti

a sermon featuring the largest diocese in the Episcopal Church

This afternoon’s Gospel finds Jesus at supper with his friends. It is Passover. The Church teaches that this Passover dinner is Jesus’ Last Supper. Jesus washes feet. Calls on us to serve. Breaks bread. Pours some wine. But time is running out.

At this Passover Supper, Jesus begins his final discourse to his friends. It is a farewell address that takes u…