Anne E. Kitch

Monday in the First Week of Lent In my integrity you hold me fast, and shall set me before your face for ever. Psalm 41:12 God knows I tried, but nevertheless my morning prayer discipline falls apart, my mind meandering… Continue reading

Weeping may spend the night, but joy comes in the morning. Psalm 30:6 In one sense, it is an odd gathering. A handful of adults of various ages, a teen, a couple of children. Drawn by differing purposes to walk a… Continue reading

But as for me, I have trusted in you, O Lord. I have said, “You are my God. Psalm 31:14 I follow the path of the electrical wire again, and finally it begins to make sense. The cloth covered wiring… Continue reading

Be still before the Lord, and wait patiently for him. Psalm 37:7 The house is in disarray. In the midst of work being done, nothing is in place. I sit and pull a cone of calmness over me as I… Continue reading

Revive me, O Lord, for your name’s sake; for your righteousness’ sake, being me out of trouble. Psalm 143:11 Again I consciously push the hunger aside. I have been awake for only half an hour, and yet a dozen times… Continue reading

This Advent my daily mediations will be posted on the Pilgrimage blog of the Diocese of Bethlehem. I invite you to join me on this preparation for pilgrimage. Continue reading

Good Shepherd Sunday A sermon preached at St. Luke’s Church in Scranton, PA The Rev. Canon Anne E. Kitch So last night I had an email from Fr. Sweeny saying, “You do remember that you are coming to St. Luke’s… Continue reading

Easter Day …and the buried Alleluias burst forth all at once breaking through husk and earth in an instant tendrils becoming branches shooting forth already laden with full blooms of resurrection joy Alleluia! Christ is risen! Image Copyright: / 123RF… Continue reading

Holy Saturday My sight has failed me because of trouble; Lord, I have called upon you daily; I have stretched out my hands to you. Psalm 88:10 Through the dark the torrents scour the earth then abate leaving in their… Continue reading

A sermon preached by Anne E. Kitch Grace Church, Allentown PA Good Friday 2015 Sometimes… you come to a place whose only task is to trouble you Sometimes… writes poet David Whyte you come to a place whose only task… Continue reading