Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland
Weekly reflections from Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, a progressive urban congregation in downtown Portland, OR. Everyone is welcome — no exceptions!
Episodes

Sunday Mar 07, 2021
3/7/2021 Dean Nathan LeRud
Sunday Mar 07, 2021
Sunday Mar 07, 2021
"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.
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Friday Mar 05, 2021
Stations of the Cross: Station 4 (Maria McDowell)
Friday Mar 05, 2021
Friday Mar 05, 2021
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 Jones of Art & Theology, and is part of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington DC.
View full Stations of the Cross at SAAM.
Music: Improvisations by Katie Burk (Improvisation 1) & Bruce Neswick (Improvisation 2), Organ Scholar & Canon for Cathedral Music at Trinity Cathedral
Poetry: "To Poets Who Have Rebelled," by Pauli Murray
For a version of this episode with closed-captioning, view it on our YouTube channel.
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This series of weekly audio reflections will help you learn to link the divine with your daily life. How might Jesus’ final hours feel different when juxtaposed with a walk in the neighborhood, or in a quiet corner at home, or while driving to pick up take-out? Pause a few times a week for scripture, prayers, and music led by Trinity clergy and priests from across the Diocese of Oregon.
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Wednesday Mar 03, 2021
Stations of the Cross: Station 3 (Bingham Powell)
Wednesday Mar 03, 2021
Wednesday Mar 03, 2021
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 Victoria Emily Jones of Art & Theology, and is part of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington DC.
View full Stations of the Cross at SAAM.
Music:
Were you there when they crucified my Lord, sung by Jessica Rossi
Love Unknown, played by John Jantzi (Music Director & Organist at St. Mary's)
Poetry: Excerpt from Made for Goodness, by Archbishop Desmond Tutu & Mpho Tutu
For a version of this episode with closed-captioning, view it on our YouTube channel.
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This series of weekly audio reflections will help you learn to link the divine with your daily life. How might Jesus’ final hours feel different when juxtaposed with a walk in the neighborhood, or in a quiet corner at home, or while driving to pick up take-out? Pause a few times a week for scripture, prayers, and music led by Trinity clergy and priests from across the Diocese of Oregon.
New Stations drop every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning, through Holy Week. Be sure to click subscribe!
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Monday Mar 01, 2021
Stations of the Cross: Station 2 (Nathan LeRud)
Monday Mar 01, 2021
Monday Mar 01, 2021
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 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 Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington DC.
View full Stations of the Cross at SAAM.
Music:
Byrd: Civitas Sancti (recorded live by the Cathedral Chamber Singers at the Ash Wednesday service at Trinity Cathedral)
Improvisation by Katie Burk (Organ Scholar at Trinity Cathedral)
Poetry: "The Coming" by R.S. Thomas
For a version of this episode with closed-captioning, view it on our YouTube channel.
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This series of weekly audio reflections will help you learn to link the divine with your daily life. How might Jesus’ final hours feel different when juxtaposed with a walk in the neighborhood, or in a quiet corner at home, or while driving to pick up take-out? Pause a few times a week for scripture, prayers, and music led by Trinity clergy and priests from across the Diocese of Oregon.
New Stations drop every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning, through Holy Week. Be sure to click subscribe!
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Sunday Feb 28, 2021
2/28/2021 The Rev'd Shana McCauley
Sunday Feb 28, 2021
Sunday Feb 28, 2021
"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.

Friday Feb 26, 2021
Stations of the Cross: Station 1 (Shana McCauley)
Friday Feb 26, 2021
Friday Feb 26, 2021
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: "Jesus is Condemned" by James Matthew Wilson
Art: The Savior by Henry Ossawa Tanner, ca. 1900–1905
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 Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington DC.
View full Stations of the Cross at SAAM.
For a version of this episode with closed-captioning, view it on our YouTube channel.
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This series of weekly audio reflections will help you learn to link the divine with your daily life. How might Jesus’ final hours feel different when juxtaposed with a walk in the neighborhood, or in a quiet corner at home, or while driving to pick up take-out? Pause a few times a week for scripture, prayers, and music led by Trinity clergy and priests from across the Diocese of Oregon.
New Stations drop every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning, through Holy Week. Be sure to click subscribe!
---
Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, and learn more about this open & welcoming community, including upcoming events, at trinity-episcopal.org.
To support this podcast and all our work, which is supported in part by the generosity of our listeners, visit trinity-episcopal.org/give

Wednesday Feb 24, 2021
Stations of the Cross: Introduction
Wednesday Feb 24, 2021
Wednesday Feb 24, 2021
Trinity Dean Nathan LeRud & Canon for Cathedral Life Shana McCauley invite you to join us this Lent for Stations of the Cross, a very special audio pilgrimage found right here on our Sermons podcast.
This series of weekly audio reflections will help you learn to link the divine with your daily life. How might Jesus’ final hours feel different when juxtaposed with a walk in the neighborhood, or in a quiet corner at home, or while driving to pick up take-out? Pause a few times a week for scripture, prayers, and music led by Trinity clergy and priests from across the Diocese of Oregon.
New Stations will drop every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning, beginning this Friday, February 27. Be sure to click subscribe, if you haven't already, so you don't miss anything!

Sunday Feb 21, 2021
2/21/2021 Dean Nathan LeRud
Sunday Feb 21, 2021
Sunday Feb 21, 2021
"It is time for us to begin again." Sermon by Dean Nathan LeRud, February 21, 2021, 10:00am.
View the video archive of this sermon on our YouTube channel's Sermon Playlist.
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Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
2/17/21 Ash Wednesday: Canon Matthew Lawrence
Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
"It’s up to us how we choose to live." Sermon by Canon for Spiritual Formation Matthew Lawrence, Ash Wednesday, February 17, 2021, 10:00am.
View the video archive of this sermon on our YouTube channel's Sermon Playlist.
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Tuesday Feb 16, 2021
2/14/2021 The Rev’d Matthew Lawrence
Tuesday Feb 16, 2021
Tuesday Feb 16, 2021
"Let go of what you think you know." Sermon by Canon for Spiritual Formation Matthew Lawrence, February 14, 2021, 10:00am.
View the video archive of this sermon on our YouTube channel's Sermon Playlist.
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