Lawrence Edward Carter : Martin King, Jr. : A SYMPHONIC WITNESS TO TRUTH

Preacher

Sunday 19 January 2025 - MLK Holiday weekend

11:15 a.m. Eastern

National Cathedral, Washington, DC

cathedral.org/calendar/principal-sunday-holy-eucharist-102/

"Thou, whose Almighty word" HYMN -- Episcopal Hymnal

Procession (Hymn tune MOSCOW)

"Lift ev'ry voice and sing" -- Negro National Hymn by

James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938)

Isaiah 62:1 - 5 First Reading

Responsorial Psalm 36: 5- 10

I Corinthians 12: 1 - 11

Gospel Song: "His Eye is on the Sparrow"

Text (en Espanol) : Juan 2: 1 - 11

GOSPEL (English transl.) John 2: 1 - 11 NRSV

Preacher acknowledged Jimmy Carter's recent passing

at age 100.  His family also named Carter, raised

a family and worked the land 18 miles apart

in that region of rural Georgia; the preacher recalled ML King's 

appearance to preach in National Cathedral in 1961;

THE HOMILY pointed out that we are in the "post-truth" world -- 

some want to halt

fact-checking / / / among other significant observations