St. James Cathedral, Seattle: Recent Episodes
St. James Cathedral
We are the Cathedral for the Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle and its Archbishop, the Most Reverend Paul D. Etienne. We are also a parish church for a vibrant faith community with a long history that reaches back to Seattle's early days.
We are an inner-city parish with an outreach to many who live on the edge of poverty and loneliness. We are a diverse community that welcomes, accepts, and celebrates the differences we all bring. We exist in the heart of the city, yet sometimes our parishioners come from considerable distances to worship here.
St. James Cathedral is a crossroads where ideas and challenges both old and new are explored in the light of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Our Cathedral is also the center for many cultural and ecumenical events which both reflect and help to shape a vital metropolitan community.
Above all, St. James Cathedral is a community of prayer.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, August 9, 2026, the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Gary Lazzeroni preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral, the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Young people in our Youth Ministry program present a short pageant about the life of St. James the Greater
Father Gary Lazzeroni preaches at the 10:00am Mass on July 26, 2026, the Feast of St. James
Archbishop Paul D. Etienne preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, July 19, 2026, the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Gary Lazzeroni preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, July 12, 2026, the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, July 5, 2026, the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Michael G. Ryan | 14th Sunday in OT
Father Gary Lazzeroni preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time, June 21, 2026.
Father Gary F. Lazzeroni | 12th Sunday in OT
Father Gary Lazzeroni preaches at the 8:00am Mass on Sunday, June 14, 2026, the 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Father Gary F. Lazzeroni | 11th Sunday in OT
Father Gary Lazzeroni preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, June 7, 2026, the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ.
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Father Gary F. Lazzeroni | Corpus Christi
Father Gary Lazzeroni preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, May 31, 2026
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Father Gary F. Lazzeroni | The Most Holy Trinity
Father Ryan preaches at the 8:00am Mass on Trinity Sunday, May 31, 2026.
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Father Michael G. Ryan | The Most Holy Trinity
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, May 17, 2026, the Ascension of the Lord
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral on Sunday, May 10, 2026, the Sixth Sunday of Easter.
Father Gary Lazzeroni preaches on Sunday, May 3, 2026, the Fifth Sunday of Easter, at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral.
Father Gary F. Lazzeroni | The Fifth Sunday of Easter
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, April 26, 2026, the Fourth Sunday of Easter and Annual Catholic Appeal Sunday. Blake Steller offers a reflection.
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Annual Catholic Appeal 2026 - Archdiocese of Seattle
Father Ryan preaches at the 5:30pm Mass on Sunday, April 19, 2026, the Third Sunday of Easter.
Father Michael G. Ryan | The Third Sunday of Easter
Father Gary Lazzeroni preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, April 19, 2026, the Third Sunday of Easter.
Father Gary F. Lazzeroni | The Third Sunday of Easter
Father Gary Lazzeroni preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Easter Sunday, April 5, 2026
Father Gary F. Lazzeroni | The Resurrection of the Lord
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 8:00am Mass on Easter Sunday, April 5, 2026, at St. James Cathedral, Seattle
"Stabat Mater" by Jacopone da Todi
Marjorie Bunday and Chris Stroh perform the poem and Corinna Laughlin offers commentary
Poem of the Month
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral on the Fifth Sunday of Lent, March 22, 2026.
Father Gary Lazzeroni preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, March 15, 2026, the Fourth Sunday of Lent.
Father Gary F. Lazzeroni | Fourth Sunday of Lent
Father Gary Lazzeroni preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, March 1, 2026, the Second Sunday of Lent.
"Morning has broken" by Eleanor FarjeonMarjorie Bunday and Chris Stroh perform the poem and Corinna Laughlin offers commentary
Father Gary Lazzeroni preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, February 15, 2026, the 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Gary F. Lazzeroni | Sixth Sunday in OT
Father Ryan preaches at the 8:00am Mass on Sunday, February 8, 2026, the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Father Michael G. Ryan | The 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, January 25, 2026, the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Gary Lazzeroni preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral on Sunday, January 11, 2026, the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord.
Father Gary F. Lazzeroni | The Baptism of the Lord
“Praise to the holiest”
From The Dream of Gerontius by St. John Henry Newman
Praise to the Holiest in the height
And in the depth be praise:
In all His words most wonderful;
Most sure in all His ways!
O loving wisdom of our God!
When all was sin and shame,
A second Adam to the fight
And to the rescue came.
O wisest love! that flesh and blood
Which did in Adam fail,
Should strive afresh against the foe,
Should strive and should prevail;
And that a higher gift than grace
Should flesh and blood refine,
God's Presence and His very Self,
And Essence all-divine.
O generous love! that He who smote
In man for man the foe,
The double agony in man
For man should undergo;
And in the garden secretly,
And on the cross on high,
Should teach His brethren and inspire
To suffer and to die.
On November 1 of last year, All Saints Day, Pope Leo XIV declared Saint John Henry Newman – Cardinal Newman – as a Doctor of the Church. There are thousands of saints—but there are only 38 Doctors: saints who not only inspire us by their example and aid us by their intercession, but whose writing and teaching have had a profound impact on the Church. Cardinal Newman’s writings have shaped the Church’s understanding in many ways—especially his teaching on the development of doctrine and on Catholic education. Newman was more than a theologian: he was a preacher, a poet, even a novelist. The poem Scott read is taken from his long poem The Dream of Gerontius, which was published in 1865, when Newman was 64 years old. This poem is written in parts like a verse drama or an oratorio (it was later magnificently set to music by Elgar).
Gerontius means “old man.” In the poem, Gerontius is an “everyman,” a “soul” who experiences death and what comes after death.
The poem begins with Gerontius, the old man, on his deathbed, friends and priest gathered around, praying for him. But his death is only the beginning. Most of the poem takes the form of a dialogue with his guardian angel, who introduces him to the mysterious world of heaven and helps him prepare to meet God face to face. At the end, he comes before God’s throne, and then is led –joyfully - to Purgatory to be made ready for heaven.
The poem Scott read is one of several choruses of angelical beings which the soul hears along the way. It’s a song of praise, which marvels at the “loving wisdom” and “wisest love” of God in the redeeming work of Christ. The poem uses the Scriptural image of Christ as the “new Adam.” In Adam, our “flesh and blood” was vanquished; in Christ, that same flesh and blood prevails against the enemy. But there is more than a victory won here: there is “a higher gift than grace,” for in Christ our “flesh and blood” are “refined,” with God’s Presence, Self, and Essence. Christ is truly human—and truly God.
The last two stanzas speak of the suffering Christ underwent, for us, and as one of us. The “double agony” is interior and exterior: anguish of soul in Gethsemane, and physical torment on the cross. God’s wise love is also “generous love”: for when Christ dies on the cross, he is still teaching, showing us how to suffer, and how to die.
This song comes close to the end of The Dream of Gerontius. This great mystery of our redemption is what prepares the soul to enter the presence of God. And judgment is no longer terrifying. In life, says Gerontius, “the thought of death / And judgment was to me most terrible. / I had it aye before me, and I saw / The Judge severe e'en in the crucifix. / Now that the hour is come, my fear is fled.” In the face of Christ’s generous, self-emptying love, fear is no longer possible.
Newman’s poem about the life that awaits us after death has the feeling of an adventure, a great journey, as the soul discovers that life is not over—it has only just begun. As with poems like The Divine Comedy of Dante and Paradise Lost of Milton, we come away from The Dream of Gerontius feeling that heaven and the afterlife are more real, more vivid, than this life and this world.
Newman describes eternal life with urgency and eagerness, without ever dismissing this life as unimportant. Instead, the poem invites us to live life differently, and to look to death—and even judgment—with joy and hope. As Pope Leo XIV said of Cardinal Newman, “The lives of the saints teach us that it is possible to live passionately amidst the complexity of the present, without neglecting the apostolic mandate to shine like stars in the world” ( Pope Leo XIV).
Archbishop Paul D. Etienne preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, December 28, 2025, the Conclusion of the Jubilee Year of Hope.
Father Gary Lazzeroni preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, December 21, 2025, the Fourth Sunday of Advent.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, December 14, 2025, the Third Sunday of Advent.
T. S. Eliot
Four Quartets
From "Little Gidding"
V
What we call the beginning is often the end
And to make an end is to make a beginning.
The end is where we start from.
…
With the drawing of this Love and the voice of this Calling
We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
Through the unknown, remembered gate
When the last of earth left to discover
Is that which was the beginning;
At the source of the longest river
The voice of the hidden waterfall
And the children in the apple-tree
Not known, because not looked for
But heard, half-heard, in the stillness
Between two waves of the sea.
Quick now, here, now, always—
A condition of complete simplicity
(Costing not less than everything)
And all shall be well and
All manner of thing shall be well
When the tongues of flame are in-folded
Into the crowned knot of fire
And the fire and the rose are one.
This poem is typical of T. S. Eliot in its combination of deceptively simple language – “the end is where we start from” – and intricate, densely allusive imagery.
Each of the “Four Quartets” is named for a significant place. Burnt Norton, East Coker, and the Dry Salvages are places that were important in Eliot’s own life. Little Gidding is a place that is significant not so much for Eliot’s personal history, as for English history.
Little Gidding is a village in Huntingdonshire where, in 1625, a man named Nicholas Ferrar purchased a manor house, restored a church, and, with a circle of family and friends, dedicated himself to living as a Christian community. They had a schedule to ensure that perpetual prayer was being offered, night and day. They ran workshops, among them a bindery that published religious works—including The Temple of George Herbert. King Charles I visited Little Gidding several times, beginning in 1633, and in 1646, the defeated king took refuge at Little Gidding. Under Puritan rule, the community at Little Gidding was forcibly disbanded.
For T. S. Eliot, Little Gidding represented the ideal form of Anglican Christianity. Given its history, the village also represented a place of refuge for embattled England in wartime (“Little Gidding” was written in 1942). The portion that Lisa read is the very last part of the poem, which brings to a conclusion not only “Little Gidding” but the whole sequence of Four Quartets. And it’s a wonderfully hopeful conclusion.
Throughout the Four Quartets, Eliot has dwelt on themes of beginnings and endings, time and eternity. For Eliot, time, viewed in the light of the Incarnation of Christ, is paradox: “What we call the beginning is often the end / And to make an end is to make a beginning. / The end is where we start from.” As he says elsewhere in Four Quartets, “all is always now.” Thus the gate we arrive at is “unknown” yet “remembered,” and the last “discovery” is of what has already been. We exist in time, but we are also in God’s time: “now, here, now, always.”
What does this talk of beginnings and endings mean for a world in crisis? Eliot turns to the medieval English mystic Julian of Norwich, who experienced a series of extraordinary revelations in 1373. Troubled by the mystery of sin, Julian wrote: “Often I wondered why by the great foreseeing wisdom of God the beginning of sin was not letted: for then, methought, all should have been well.” But this way of thinking, she realizes, was “folly.” Christ tells her: “It behoved that there should be sin; but all shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.”
Sin exists; and yet “all shall be well.” This is not a simplistic acquiescence to evil in the world, doing nothing about it since “all will be well” in the end. Julian’s faith, like Eliot’s, is active, not passive. It is a “condition of complete simplicity,” but getting there is a journey, an adventure, a quest, which will cost us “not less than everything.”
During this season of Advent and Christmas, “Little Gidding” has special resonance. At Christmas, Christ enters into time, and all time is changed—past, present, future. “The end of all our exploring / Will be to arrive where we started / And know the place for the first time.” This is the adventure of Christmas: to see all things, past and present, in new ways, in the light of the Incarnation.
Corinna Laughlin
Father Gary Lazzeroni preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, December 7, 2025, the Second Sunday of Advent.
Archbishop Etienne preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, November 16, 2025, the World Day of the Poor.
Father Gary Lazzeroni preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, November 9, 2025, the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica.
Father Gary Lazzeroni preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, November 2, 2025, the Commemoration of the Faithful Departed.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, October 19, 2025, the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Mike Raschko preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, October 12, 2025, the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Today at the 10:00am Mass, the communities of St. James Cathedral, Immaculate Conception, and Christ Our Hope gathered for the Solemnity of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, and the installation of Father Gary Lazzeroni as pastor.
Father Steve Sundborg, SJ, preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, September 7, 2025, the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, August 31, 2025, the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Enjoy the last song of Choir Camp, from Kenya! The children sing at the conclusion of the 10:00am Mass.
Father Gary Lazzeroni preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, August 17, 2025, the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Gary Lazzeroni preaches at the 8:00am Mass on August 10, 2025, the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Gary Lazzeroni preaches at the 10:00am Mass on August 3, 2025, the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Gary Lazzeroni, pastor, preaches on Sunday, July 27, 2025, the Feast of St. James.
Father Gary Lazzeroni preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, July 13, 2025, the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Welcome, Father Gary Lazzeroni, 9th Pastor of St. James Cathedral, 10:00am Mass, Sunday, July 6, 2025.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, June 29, 2025, the Solemnity of SS Peter and Paul, Apostles, his last weekend as pastor of St. James Cathedral.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, June 22, 2025, the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi).
On Pentecost Sunday, parishioners and friends offered words of thanks to Father Ryan at the conclusion of each Mass, sharing the ways his ministry over these past thirty-seven years has impacted them. The tributes are from: Tom Campion, Rev. Steve Thomason, Rachel Bungay, Mary Lee, Sister Sharon Casey, Rabbi Daniel Weiner, the Macaraeg Cueto Family, Susan Jones, and Rev. Bill Heric.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, June 1, 2025, the Ascension of the Lord.
Father Ryan preaches at the 8:00am Mass on Sunday, May 25, 2025, the 6th Sunday of Easter.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, May 18, 2025, the Fifth Sunday of Easter.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, May 11, 2025, the Fourth Sunday of Easter.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, April 27, 2025, Divine Mercy Sunday.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025. Happy Easter!
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, March 30, 2025, the Fourth Sunday of Lent.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, March 23, 2025, the Third Sunday of Lent.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, March 2, 2025, the 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, February 23, 2025, the 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, February 9, 2025, the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, February 2, 2025, the Presentation of the Lord.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, January 19, 2025,the 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, January 12, 2025, the Baptism of the Lord.
Father Michael G. Ryan | The Baptism of the Lord
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, January 5, 2025, the Epiphany of the Lord.
Father Michael G. Ryan | Epiphany
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass, Sunday, December 29, 2024, the Solemnity of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, and the beginning of the Jubilee Year 2025
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Christmas Day, December 25, 2024.
Father Michael G. Ryan | The Nativity of the Lord
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, December 22, 2024, the Fourth Sunday of Advent and the 117th anniversary of the Dedication of St. James Cathedral.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the Third Sunday of Advent, December 15, 2025.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, November 24, 2024, the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, November 17, 2024, the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Ryan offers brief remarks at the beginning of all Masses this weekend, reflecting on the election this past week.
My friends, before we begin Mass, I feel the need to say something about the events of this past week.
We have been through a long and bruising election season unlike any of us can remember. Some are elated about the outcome; others are heartbroken. And we bring all of that along with us to Mass this weekend.
And even though our feelings about the outcome of the election may be very different, nevertheless, there is still so much that unites us. We wouldn’t be here if that weren’t case. We are sisters and brothers, part of the same Church, part of the Body of Christ, part of this wonderful community of faith. We need to keep that in mind going forward.
And we need to pray, pray earnestly and honestly, pray for our President-elect and for all newly elected officials, pray from our joy, pray from our pain, pray with confidence to the God who loves each of us beyond measure; pray to the God for whom the differences that - to us – may seem insurmountable are really quite inconsequential when viewed against the great backdrop of God’s plan for the human family. God’s plan is for us to love one another; to build communities of love; to embrace the voiceless and the vulnerable; to work for a better world where all are valued, accepted, and loved. No matter how the future unfolds, we must never forget God’s plan, never compromise those core beliefs.
And, my friends, no matter what our politics may be, I believe that these are things we can all agree on as believers, things we can work together to bring about. It’s what we have been doing for a long time at St. James Cathedral, and I am confident that we will continue that great work together!
May our prayer today be a step in that direction. May it begin to bring about healing, mutual understanding, reconciliation, and peace.
Let me conclude with words Abraham Lincoln spoke so long ago at his first inaugural, a moment in history when our nation was every bit as polarized as it is today:
“We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory…will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched…by the better angels of our nature.”
May it be so!
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, November 10, 2024, the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, November 3, 2024, the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Ryan preaches at the 8:00am Mass on Sunday, October 27, 2024, the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Ryan preaches at the 8:00am Mass on Sunday, September 29, 2024, the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, September 15, 2024, the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, September 8, 2024, the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, September 1, 2024, the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Ryan preaches at the 8:00am Mass on Sunday, August 25, 2024, the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, August 11, 2024, the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, August 4, 2024, the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, July 28, 2024, the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, July 21, 2024, when we observe the Feast of St. James.
Father Ryan preaches at the 8:00am Mass on Sunday, July 14, 2024, the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, July 7, 2024, the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, June 30, 2024, the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Ryan preaches at the 8:00am Mass on Sunday, June 16, 2024, the 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Father Ryan preaches at the 8:00am Mass on Sunday, June 9, 2024, the 10th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Ryan preaches at the 8:00am Mass on Sunday, June 2, 2024, the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, May 19, 2024, the Solemnity of Pentecost
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, May 5, 2024, the Sixth Sunday of Easter
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, April 28, 2024, the Fifth Sunday of Easter
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the Fourth Sunday of Easter, Sunday, April 21, 2024. Tiffany Blanco offers a reflection.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, April 14, 2024, the Third Sunday of Easter.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024, at St. James Cathedral, Seattle.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, March 10, 2024, the Fourth Sunday of Lent.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, February 11, 2024, the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, February 4, 2024, the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, January 21, 2024, the 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Ryan offers the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, January 14, 2024, the 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Ryan preaches at the 8:00am Mass on Sunday, January 7, 2024, the Epiphany of the Lord.
Father Ryan preaches at the 8:00am Mass on Monday, December 25, 2023, Christmas Day.
Father Michael G. Ryan | Christmas (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, December 24, 2023, the Fourth Suday of Advent.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, December 17, 2023, the Third Sunday of Advent.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, December 3, 2023, the First Sunday of Advent.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, November 26, 2023, the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, November 19, 2023.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, November 12, 2023, the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Read or watch the homily here: Father Michael G. Ryan | The 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, November 5, 2023, the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, October 29, 2023, the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Ryan preaches at the 8:00am Mass on Sunday, September 24, 2025, the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, September 17, 2023, the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, September 10, 2023, the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Ryan preaches at the 8:00am Mass on Sunday, September 3, 2023, the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 27, 2023.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, August 20, 2023, the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, August 13, 2023, the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, August 6, 2023, the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, July 30, 2023, the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
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Father Michael G. Ryan | The 17th Sunday in OT (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, July 23, 2023--the Feast of our patron, St. James the Greater
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, July 2, 2023, the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Father Michael G. Ryan | 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the 8:00am Mass on Sunday, June 25, 2023, the 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Ryan preaches at the 8:00am Mass on the 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time, June 18, 2023.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, June 11, 2023, the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi).
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral on May 21, 2023, the Ascension of the Lord.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, May 14, 2023, the Sixth Sunday of Easter.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, May 7, 2023, the Fifth Sunday of Easter.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the Fourth Sunday of Easter, April 30, 2023.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10am Mass on Sunday, April 23, 2023, the Third Sunday of Easter and Annual Catholic Appeal Sunday.
Father Michael G. Ryan | Divine Mercy Sunday (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the 8:00am Mass on Sunday, April 16, 2023, the Second Sunday of Easter or Divine Mercy Sunday.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023.
Father Michael G. Ryan | Easter Sunday (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the Mass of the Lord's Supper, Holy Thursday, April 6, 2023.
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Father Michael G. Ryan | Holy Thursday (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, March 26, 2023, the Fifth Sunday of Lent.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral on the Fourth Sunday of Lent, March 19, 2023.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, February 26, 2023, the First Sunday of Lent
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, February 19, 2023, the 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
On the 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Father Ryan reflects on the recent parish pilgrimage to the Holy Land
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, January 8, 2023, the Epiphany of the Lord.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10am Mass on the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, January 1, 2023
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Christmas Day, 2022. Merry Christmas!
Father Michael G. Ryan | Christmas (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the Fourth Sunday of Advent, December 18, 2022.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, December 11, 2022, the Third Sunday of Advent.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the Second Sunday of Advent, December 4, 2022.
Father Ryan preaches on the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, Sunday, November 20, 2022, at St. James Cathedral.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, November 13, 2022, the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Ryan preaches and parishioner John Engel-Kemnetz shares his cathedral story on Sunday, November 6, 2022, the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, September 18, 2022, the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Watch the whole Mass here:
The 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, September 18, 2022, the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Watch the whole Mass here:
The 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, September 11, 2022, the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
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The 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, September 11, 2022, the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
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The 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, September 4, 2022, the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time.
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Father Michael G. Ryan | The 23rd Sunday in OT (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, August 28, 2022, the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time.
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The 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 21, 2022.
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The 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, August 14, 2022, the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
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Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, August 7, 2022, the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
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The 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, July 24, 2022, the Feast of St. James the Greater, our patron.
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The Feast of St. James (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches on Sunday, July 17, 2022, the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
The 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, July 3, 2022, the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
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Father Michael G. Ryan | The 14th Sunday in OT (stjames-cathedral.org)
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Father Ryan preaches at the 8:00am Mass on Sunday, June 26, 2022, the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Michael G. Ryan | The 13th Sunday in OT (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, June 19, 2022, the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ.
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Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Pentecost, June 5, 2022.
Father Michael G. Ryan | Pentecost (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches on Sunday, May 29, 2022, the Ascension of the Lord
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The Ascension of the Lord (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, May 22, 2022, at St. James Cathedral, Seattle.
Father Michael G. Ryan | Sixth Sunday of Easter (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, May 15, 2022, the Fifth Sunday of Easter.
Fifth Sunday of Easter (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday,. May 8, 2022, the Fourth Sunday of Easter.
Fourth Sunday of Easter (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches on the Third Sunday of Easter, May 1, 2022. Sarah Riggio offers an additional reflection on the work of St. James Immigrant Assistance.
Third Sunday of Easter (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Easter Sunday, April 17, 2022. Happy Easter!
The Resurrection of the Lord (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches on Good Friday, April 15, 2022
Good Friday livestreams (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the 8:00am Mass on Palm Sunday, April 10, 2022
Palm Sunday of the Lords Passion (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the 8:00am Mass on Sunday, April 3, 2022, the Fifth Sunday of Lent.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, March 27, 2022, the Fourth Sunday of Lent.
The Fourth Sunday of Lent (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, March 6, 2022, the First Sunday of Lent.
The First Sunday of Lent (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, February 27, 2022, the 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
The 8th Sunday in OT (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, February 20, 2022, the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time.
The 7th Sunday in OT (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, February 13, 2022, the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
The 6th Sunday in OT (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, February 6, 2022, the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
The 5th Sunday in OT (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, January 16, 2022, the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time.
The 2nd Sunday in OT (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, January 9, 2022, the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord.
The Baptism of the Lord (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, January 2, 2022, the Epiphany of the Lord.
The Epiphany of the Lord (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the 5:30pm Mass on Saturday, December 24, 2021, the Vigil Mass of Christmas. Read the homily here:
Father Michael G. Ryan | The Nativity of the Lord (stjames-cathedral.org)
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Christmas (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, December 12, 2021, the Third Sunday of Advent. The Third Sunday of Advent (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, December 19, 2021, the Fourth Sunday of Advent. Father Michael G. Ryan | The Fourth Sunday of Advent (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the Second Sunday of Advent, December 5, 2021. The Second Sunday of Advent (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the First Sunday of Advent, November 26, 2021.
The First Sunday of Advent (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, November 21, 2021, the Solemnity of Jesus Christ, King of the Universe.
Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, November 14, 2021, the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time.
The 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday, November 7, 2021. The 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, October 31, 2021, the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time.
The 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Michael G. Ryan | The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the 10am Mass on Sunday, August 1, 2021, the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Father Ryan preaches at the 10am Mass on Sunday, July 11, 2021, the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10am Mass on Sunday, July 4, 2021, the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10am Mass on Sunday, June 27, 2021, the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10am Mass on Sunday, June 20, 2021, the 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10am Mass on Sunday, June 13, 2021, the 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, June 6, 2021, the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Corpus Christi.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the Sixth Sunday of Easter, Sunday, May 9, 2021.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the Fourth Sunday of Easter, April 25, 2021.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the Third Sunday of Easter, April 18, 2021.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the Second Sunday of Easter, April 11, 2021.
Father Mike Raschko preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, February 28, 2021, the Second Sunday of Lent. Watch the livestream here:
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the First Sunday of Lent, Sunday, February 21, 2021. Watch the livestream here:
Father Ryan leads the Stations of the Cross with meditations by Paul Claudel. Featuring Joseph Adam, organ, and Emily Amesquita, cantor. Find the text of the stations here:
Stations of the Cross (stjames-cathedral.org)
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, February 14, 2021, the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Watch the livestream of the Mass here:
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, February 7, 2021, the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Watch the livestream here:
Father Ryan preaches on Sunday, January 24, 2021, the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time. Watch the livestream here:
On Sunday, January 17, 2021, the 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Father Ryan shares the powerful words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Watch the livestream here:
Father Ryan preaches on Sunday, January 3, 2021, the Epiphany of the Lord. Watch the livestream here:
Father Ryan preaches on Friday, December 25, 2020, Christmas Day. Watch the livestream here:
Father Ryan preaches on Sunday, December 13, 2020, the Third Sunday of Advent. Watch the livestream here:
Father Ryan preaches on Sunday, November 29, 2020, the First Sunday of Advent. Watch the livestream here:
Father Ryan preaches on Thanksgiving Day, November 22, 2020. Watch the livestream here:
Father Ryan preaches on Sunday, November 22, 2020, the Feast of Christ the King. Watch the livestream here:
Father Ryan preaches on Monday, November 2, 2020, at the Solemn Mass of All Souls. Watch the livestream here:
Father Ryan preaches on Sunday, November 1, 2020, the Solemnity of All Saints. Watch the livestream here:
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, October 25, 2020, the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time. You can watch the livestream here:
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:30am Mass on Sunday, October 4 2020, the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:30am Mass on Sunday, September 27, 2020, the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time. The readings for today can be found here: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/092720.cfm
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:30am Mass on Sunday, September 20, 2020, the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Find the readings for today here: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/092020.cfm
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:30am Mass on Sunday, September 13, 2020, the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Find the readings for today here: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091320.cfm
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:30am Mass on Sunday, September 6, 2020, the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time. Find the readings for today here: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/090620.cfm
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:30am Mass on Sunday, August 30, 2020, the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time. Find the readings for today here: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/083020.cfm
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:30am Mass on Sunday, August 23, 2020, the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time. Find the readings for today here: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/082320.cfm
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:30am Mass on Sunday, August 16, 2020, the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time. The readings for today are here: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/081620.cfm
Father Ryan preaches at St. James Cathedral on the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 9, 2020. Click here for today's readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/080920.cfm
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:30am Mass on Sunday, August 2, 2020, the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Find the readings for today here: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/080220.cfm
Father Ryan preaches on the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday, July 19, 2020. Find the readings for today here: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/071920.cfm
Father Ryan preaches on the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 12, 2020. Find the readings for today here: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/071220.cfm
Father Ryan preaches on the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 5, 2020. Find the readings for today here: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/070520.cfm
Father Ryan preaches on the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time, June 28, 2020. Find the readings for today here: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/062820.cfm
Father Ryan preaches on the 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday, June 21, 2020. Click here for the readings for today: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/062120.cfm
On the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and our national observance of Juneteenth, Deacon Joseph Connor preaches at the 8:30am livestream Mass.
Archbishop Paul Etienne has announced a Year of the Eucharist in the Archdiocese of Seattle. This is his homily for Corpus Christi Sunday, June 14, 2020, at the 8:30am livestream Mass.
Father Mike Raschko preaches on Trinity Sunday, June 7, 2020, at the 10:30am livestream Mass at St. James Cathedral
Father Ryan continues his reflection on how Mary has accompanied him on his life's journey. Here, he reflects on his years as Director of Vocations for the Archdiocese of Seattle, and pastor of the San Juan Islands.
Father Ryan continues his reflection on how Mary has accompanied him on his life's journey. Here, he reflects on his first years as a priest, at St. Patrick's Parish in Tacoma.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:30am livestream Mass on Sunday, May 24, 2020, the Ascension of the Lord.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:30am (livestream) Mass on Sunday, May 17, 2020, the Sixth Sunday of Easter.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:30am (livestream) Mass on Sunday, May 10, 2020, the Fifth Sunday of Easter.
Father Ryan shares how Mary has accompanied him on his life's journey. In this second of the series, he shares about images that were significant in his seminary years. What images of Mary have been formative in your own life?
In the first of a series, Father Ryan shares how Mary has accompanied him on his life's journey. What images of Mary have been formative in your life?
Father Ryan preaches at St. James Cathedral on the Fourth Sunday of Easter, May 3, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic.
Father Ryan shares a reflection with the parish on Wednesday, April 29, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:30am Mass on the Third Sunday of Easter, April 26, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic.
Father Ryan shares a reflection with the parish on April 23, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic.
Father Ryan preaches on the Second Sunday of Easter, Divine Mercy Sunday, April 19, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches on Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic.
Because we cannot have our traditional Tre Ore service this year, we are sharing some highlights from past years. Our preacher for the Seventh Word is Sister Laurie Brink, speaking at St. James Cathedral in 2018. Copyright (c) Sister Laurie Brink, OP, 2018.
The seventh word is taken from the Gospel according to Luke
It was now about noon and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon because of an eclipse of the sun. Then the veil of the temple was torn down the middle. Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commend my spirit”: and when he had said this, he breathed his last.
Recently, Sister Laurie recorded all Seven Words and made them available free of charge. You can find them at https://www.learn25.com/product/meditations-on-christ-s-7-last-words/
Because we cannot have our traditional Tre Ore service this year, we are sharing some highlights from past years. Our preacher for the Sixth Word is Jesuit Father Pat Howell, speaking at St. James Cathedral in 2008. Copyright (c) Father Pat Howell, SJ, 2008.
The sixth word is taken from the Gospel according to John
There was a vessel filled with common wine.
So they put a sponge soaked in wine on a sprig of hyssop
and put it up to his mouth. When Jesus had taken the wine,
he said, “It is finished.”
Because we cannot have our traditional Tre Ore service this year, we are sharing some highlights from past years. Our preacher for the Fifth Word is Dominican Father Timothy Radcliffe, speaking at St. James Cathedral in 2003. Copyright (c) Father Timothy Radcliffe, 2003. This talk was later adapted and published in "The Seven Last Words," Burns and Oates, 2005.
The fifth word is taken from the Gospel according to John
After this, aware that everything was now finished,
in order that the scripture might be fulfilled,
Jesus said, “I thirst.”
Because we cannot have our traditional Tre Ore service this year, we are sharing some highlights from past years. Our preacher for the Fourth Word is Dominican Father Paul Murray, speaking at St. James Cathedral in 2011. Copyright (c) Father Paul Murray, 2011. This talk was later adapted in the book "Scars: Essays, Poems and Meditations on Affliction," Bloomsbury Continuum, 2014.
The fourth word is taken from the Gospel according to Mark and Matthew
From noon onward, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. And about three o’clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means “my God, my God, why have you forsaken me?.”
Because we cannot have our traditional Tre Ore service this year, we are sharing some highlights from past years. Our preacher for the Third Word is Deacon Owen Cummings, speaking at St. James Cathedral in 2015. Copyright (c) Deacon Owen Cummings, 2015. This talk was later published in the book "The Dying of Jesus."
The third word is taken from the Gospel according to John
Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold your Son.” Then he said to the disciple, “Behold your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.
Because we cannot have our traditional Tre Ore service this year, we are sharing some highlights from past years. Our preacher for the Second Word is Father Ron Rolheiser, speaking at St. James Cathedral in 2007. Copyright (c) 2007, Father Ron Rolheiser.
The second word is taken from the Gospel according to Luke
Now one of the criminals hanging there reviled Jesus, saying, “are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us.” The other, however, rebuking him, said in reply, “Have you no fear of God, for you are subject to the same condemnation? And indeed, we have been condemned justly, for the sentence we received corresponds to our crimes, but this man has done nothing criminal.” Then he said, “Jesus, remember me, when you come into your kingdom.” He replied to him, “Amen, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”
Because we cannot gather as a community this Sunday, we’ve invited parishioners to record the readings of the Fourth Sunday of Lent from their homes. Father Ryan also shares his homily from his home. Let us continue to pray together during this difficult time. The podcast includes the readings and homily for today as well as a special prayer for our Elect.
Father Mike Raschko preaches and presides at a simple Mass for the Third Sunday of Lent, in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak and the suspension of all public Masses in the Archdiocese of Seattle.
Father Ryan shares a few words in response to the current moment. We apologize for the quality of the audio! Father Ryan is away on retreat and had to call in to share these words with the community. Let us continue to pray for one another during this anxious time!
Father Ryan Rallanka, SJ, preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, March 8, 2020, the Second Sunday of Lent.
Audio of the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, March 8, 2020, the Second Sunday of Lent. Father Ryan Rallanka, SJ, presider and homilist.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral, Seattle, on the First Sunday of Lent, Sunday, March 1, 2020.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral on the 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 23, 2020.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, February 16, 2020, the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, February 9, 2020, the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The recording includes Sister Anne Herkenrath's reflections on the Called to Serve as Christ Campaign.
Bishop George Thomas of Las Vegas preaches at the Funeral Mass for Archbishop Brunett, Wednesday, February 12, 2020, at St. James Cathedral, Seattle
Bishop Skylstad, Emeritus Bishop of Spokane, preaches at the Vigil service for Archbishop Brunett, Tuesday, February 11 at St. James Cathedral, Seattle.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral on Sunday, February 2, 2020, the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, January 26, 2020, the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father David A. Brant preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, January 19, 2020, the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, January 12, 2020, the Baptism of the Lord.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at St. James Cathedral at the 10:00am Mass on the Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord, January 5, 2020.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral on Sunday, December 22, 2019, the Fourth Sunday of Advent.
Father Michael Raschko preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral, Seattle, on the Third Sunday of Advent, December 15, 2019
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral, Seattle, on the Second Sunday of Advent, December 8, 2019.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral, Seattle, on the First Sunday of Advent, December 1, 2019
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, November 24, 2019, the Solemnity of Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
Father David Brant preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, November 17, the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time.
On Sunday, November 10, 2019, Father Ryan offers a blessing and farewell to Sister Anne Herkenrath, who is retiring to Oregon after some forty years as an integral part of the Cathedral community
Father Ryan introduces parishioner Anna Horton, who offers a reflection on why service and support of the Cathedral parish is at the heart of her practice of her faith.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral, Seattle, on the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time, November 3, 2019
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, October 27, 2019, the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Ryan Rallanka, SJ, preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, October 13, 2019, the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Michael Raschko preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, October 20, 2019, the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral on Sunday, September 29, 2019, the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, September 22, 2019, the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father David Brant preaches on the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 8, 2019, at St. James Cathedral, Seattle
Father Peter Ely, SJ, preaches on the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 15, 2019, at St. James Cathedral, Seattle
Archbishop Etienne became the 10th Bishop and 6th Archbishop of Seattle on Tuesday, September 3, 2019, when Pope Francis accepted Archbishop Sartain's resignation.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday, September 1, 2019.
On Sunday, September 1, 2019, at the Noon Mass, we gathered with Archbishop Sartain to wish him well as he prepares for retirement. Listen to Archbishop's homily and to Father Ryan's remarks at the conclusion of the Mass.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, August 25, 2019, the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral, Seattle, on Sunday, August 18, 2019, the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, August 11, 2019, the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral, the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 4, 2019.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral on the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 28, 2019.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, July 21, 2019, the Feast of St. James the Greater, our patron.
Father Tom Lucas, SJ, preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 14, 2019.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at St. James Cathedral, Seattle, at the 10:00am Mass on the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday, June 30, 2019.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral, Seattle, on Corpus Christi, June 23, 2019. See an album of photos at http://www.stjames-cathedral.org/Events/2019/album-corpuschristi.aspx
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral on Pentecost, Sunday, June 9, 2019.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral on the Fourth Sunday of Easter, May 12, 2019. The readings for today were Acts 13:14, 43-52; Psalm 100; Rev 7:9,14B-17; and John 10:27-30.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the Third Sunday of Easter, May 5, 2019. The readings for this Sunday are Acts 5:27-32, 40B-41; Psalm 30; Rev 5:11-14; John 21:1-19.
Bishop Daniel Mueggenborg preaches on Good Friday, April 19, 2019, at St. James Cathedral, Seattle.
Archbishop J. Peter Sartain preaches at the great Easter Vigil, Saturday, April 20, 2019, at St. James Cathedral.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Easter Sunday, April 21, 2019. Happy Easter!
Father Tom Lucas, SJ, preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral on the Fifth Sunday of Lent, April 7, 2019. The readings for this Sunday are from the A Cycle, Ezekiel 37:12-14; Psalm 130; Romans 8:8-11; and John 11:1-45.
Father Pat Howell, SJ, presents on the history of church reform from its earliest days, and shares insights about what we can learn from history to guide us in the present crisis. The talk was given at St. James Cathedral, Seattle, on Thursday, April 4, 2019.
On June 22, 2008, Jean Vanier visited St. James Cathedral and gave this talk. We are making it available on our website for those participating in the Lenten book group exploring Jean Vanier's recent book, We Need Each Other.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral on the Fourth Sunday of Lent, March 31, 2019. The readings are taken from the A Cycle, 1 Samuel 16; Psalm 23; Ephesians 5:8-14; and John 9:1-41.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral, Seattle, on the Third Sunday of Lent, Sunday, March 24, 2019. The readings for this Sunday were taken from Cycle A, Exodus 17:3-7, Psalm 95, Romans 5:1-2,5-8; and John 4:5-42.
Father Tom Lucas, SJ, preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James CAthedral on the First Sunday of Lent, March 10, 2019. The readings for this Sunday are Deuteronomy 26:4-10; Psalm 91; Romans 10:8-13; and Luke 4:1-13.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral, Seattle, on the 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time, March 3, 2019. The readings for this Sunday are Sirach 27:4-7; Psalm 92; 1 Cor 15:54-58; and Luke 6:39-45.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at St. James Cathedral at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, February 17, 2019, the 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time. The readings for this weekend are Jeremiah 17:5-8; Psalm 1; 1 Cor 15:12, 16-20; and Luke 6:17, 20-26.
The 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time at St. James Cathedral, February 10, 2019. We are providing the whole Mass for the benefit of those who missed Mass because of the snow!
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral, Seattle, on Sunday, February 3, 2019, the 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Mike Raschko preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral, Seattle, on Sunday, January 27, 2019, the 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Father Tom Lucas, SJ, preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral, Seattle, on Sunday, January 20, 2019. The readings for this Sunday are Isaiah 62:1-5; Psalm 96; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11; and John 2:1-11.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral on the Epiphany of the Lord, Sunday, January 6, 2019.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at St. James Cathedral at the 10:00am Mass on Christmas Day. Merry Christmas!
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at St. James Cathedral at the 10:00am Mass on the Fourth Sunday of Advent, December 23, 2018. The readings for this Sunday are Micah 5:1-4a; Psalm 80; Hebrews 10:5-10; and Luke 1:39-45.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral, Seattle, on the Third Sunday of Advent, December 16, 2018. The readings for this Sunday are Zephaniah 3:14-18; Isaiah 12:2-3,4,5-6; Philippians 4:4-7; and Luke 3:10-18.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral on the Second Sunday of Advent, December 9, 2018. The readings for this Sunday are Baruch 5:1-9; Psalm 126; Philippians 1:4-6, 8-11; and Luke 3:1-6.
Father Ryan preaches at St. James Cathedral at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, November 25, 2018, the Solemnity of Christ the King. The readings for this Sunday are Daniel 7:13-14; Psalm 93; Revelation 1:5-8; and John 18:33B-37.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time, November 4, 2018, at St. James Cathedral, Seattle. The readings for this Sunday are Deuteronomy 6:2-6; Psalm 18; Hebrews 7:23-28; and Mark 12:28b-34.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral on the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday, October 28, 2018. The readings for this Sunday are Jeremiah 31:7-9; Hebrews 5:1-6; Mark 10:46-52.
Father Mike Raschko preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral, the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time. The readings for this Sunday are Isaiah 53:10-11; Psalm 33; Hebrews 4:14-16; and Mark 10:35-45.
Father Tom Lucas, SJ, preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral on Sunday, October 14, 2018, the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time. The readings for this Sunday are Wisdom 7:7-11; Psalm 90; Hebrews 4:12-13; and Mark 10:17-30.
Father Peter Ely, SJ, preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral on the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 7, 2018. The readings for this Sunday are Genesis 2:18-24, Psalm 128, Heb 2:9-11, and Mark 10:2-16.
Archbishop Sartain preaches at the Prayer for Repentance and Healing on October 4, 2018, at St. James Cathedral, Seattle.
Mothers of the Cathedral parish offer a contemporary lament in response to the abuse crisis in the Church. Their words are juxtaposed with verses from Psalm 77. Thursday, October 4, 2018 at St. James Cathedral, Seattle.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, September 16, 2018, the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time. The readings for this Sunday are Isaiah 50:5-9; Ps 116; James 2:14-18; and Mark 8:27-35.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, September 9, the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time. The readings for this Sunday are Isaiah 35:4-7; Psalm 146; James 2:1-5; and Mark 7:31-37.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral on the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 12, 2018. The readings for this Sunday are 1 Kings 19:4-8; Psalm 34; Ephesians 4:30-5:2; and John 6:41-51.
Father Ryan preaches at the Funeral Mass of Archbishop Raymond G. Hunthausen, August 1, 2018, St. James Cathedral, Seattle. This is cleaner audio than the version uploaded on August 1.
Bishop William Skylstad preaches at the Vigil for Archbishop Hunthausen on Tuesday, July 31, 2018, at St. James Cathedral, Seattle.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the Funeral Mass for Archbishop Raymond G. Hunthausen. Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at St. James Cathedral, Seattle.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral on Sunday, July 29, 2018, the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time. The readings for this Sunday are 2 Kings 4:42-44; Psalm 145; Ephesians 4:1-6; and John 6:1-15.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral on the Feast of St. James, Sunday, July 22, 2018.
Archbishop Raymond G. Hunthausen died on Sunday, July 22, 2018, at his home in Helena. His last visit to St. James Cathedral was in September 2012, to celebrate the dedication of a new shrine in honor of Pope John XXIII. Listen to the greeting he gave the parish community at the conclusion of the Mass.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday, July 8, 2018, the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time. The readings for this Sunday are Ezekiel 2:2-5; Psalm 123; 2 Cor 12:7-10; and Mark 6:1-6.
At the conclusion of the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, July 1, 2018, parishioner David Unger acknowledges Father Ryan's 30th anniversary as pastor of St. James Cathedral
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral on Sunday, July 1, 2018, the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time. The readings for this Sunday are Wisdom 1:13-15; 2:23-24; Psalm 30; 2 Cor 8:7,9,13-15; Mark 5:21-43.
Father Tom Lucas, SJ, preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral on Sunday, June 24, 2018, the Nativity of John the Baptist. The readings for this Sunday are Isaiah 49:1-6; Psalm 139; Acts 13:22-26; Luke 1:57-66,80.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, June 17, 2018, the 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time, at St. James Cathedral, Seattle. The readings for this Sunday are Ezekiel 17:22-24; Psalm 92; 2 Cor 5:6-10; and Mark 4:26-34.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral on the Feast of Corpus Christi on Sunday, June 3, 2018. The readings for this Sunday are Exodus 24:3-8; Hebrews 9:11-15; and Mark 14:12-16, 22-26.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral, Seattle, on the Solemnity of Pentecost, May 20, 2018. The readings for today are Acts 2:1-11; 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13; and John 15:26-27; 16:12-15.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the Ascension of the Lord, May 13, 2018, at St. James Cathedral, Seattle. The readings for this Sunday are Acts 1:1-11, Ephesians 1:17-23, and Mark 16:15-20.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, May 6, 2018, the Sixth Sunday of Easter, at St. James Cathedral, Seattle. The readings for this Sunday are Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48; Psalm 98; 1 John 4:7-10; and John 15:9-17.
Father David Brant preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, April 29, 2018, the Fifth Sunday of Easter, at St. James Cathedral, Seattle. The readings for today are Acts 9:26-31; 1 John 3:18-24; and John 15:1-8.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the Fourth Sunday of Easter, April 22, 2018, at St. James Cathedral, Seattle. It is Annual Catholic Appeal Sunday.
Father Michael B. Raschko preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the Third Sunday of Easter, Sunday, April 15, 2018, at St. James Cathedral, Seattle. The readings are Acts 3:13-15,17-19; 1 John 2:1-5a; and Luke 24:35-48.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral on Divine Mercy Sunday, April 8, 2018. The readings for this Sunday are Acts 4:32-35; 1 John 5:1-6; and John 20:19-31.
Sister Laurie Brink, OP, preaches on the Seven Last Words at St. James Cathedral, Seattle, on Good Friday, 2018.
The third word is taken from the Gospel according to John (19:25-27): "Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold your Son.” Then he said to the disciple, “Behold your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her into his home."
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Easter Sunday at St. James Cathedral, Seattle. Happy Easter!
On Sunday, March 25, 2018, Palm Sunday, Father Ryan and our youth readers proclaim the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark.
Archbishop J. Peter Sartain preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral on Sunday, March 25, 2018, Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral, Seattle, on the 5th Sunday of Lent. The readings for this Sunday were Ezekiel 37:12-14, Romans 8:8-11, and John 11:1-45.
Father Tom Lucas, SJ, preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, March 11, 2018, the Fourth Sunday of Lent. The readings for this Sunday are 1 Samuel 16:1B,6-7,10-13A; Ephesians 5:8-14; John 9:1-41.
Father Mike Raschko preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, March 4, 2018, the Third Sunday of Lent, at St. James Cathedral, Seattle. The readings for this Sunday were Exodus 17:3-7, Romans 5:1-2,5-8; and John 4:5-42.
Father MIchael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, February 25, 2018, the Second Sunday of Lent, at St. James Cathedral. The readings for this Sunday are Genesis 22:1-2,9a,10-13,15-18; Romans 8:31b-34; Mark 9:2-10.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, February 18, the First Sunday of Lent, at St. James Cathedral, Seattle. The readings for this Sunday are Genesis 9:8-15; 1 Peter 3:18-22; and Mark 1:12-15.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral Seattle, on February 11, 2018, the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The readings for this Sunday were Leviticus 13:1-2,44-46; 1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1, and Mark 1:40-45.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday, February 4, 2018, at St. James Cathedral in Seattle. The readings for this Sunday are Job 7:1-4, 6-7; 1 Cor 9:16-19, 22-23; and Mark 1:29-39.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral, Seattle, on Sunday, January 21, 2018, the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time. The readings for this Sunday are Jonah 3:1-5,10; 1 Corinthians 7:29-31, and Mark 1:14-20.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, Sunday, January 8, 2018. The readings for this Sunday were Isaiah 60:1-6, Ephesians 3:2-3a,5-6; and Matthew 2:1-12.
Father Ryan preaches on Christmas Day at St. James Cathedral, Seattle. Merry Christmas!
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the Third Sunday of Advent, December 17, 2017, at St. James Cathedral, Seattle. The readings for this Sunday are Isaiah 61:1-2a,10-11; 1 Thes 5:16-24; and John 1:6-8,19-28.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the Second Sunday of Advent, Sunday, December 10, at St. James Cathedral in Seattle. The readings for today are Isaiah 40:1-5, 9-11; 2 Peter 3:8-14; and Mark 1:1-8.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the First Sunday of Advent, December 3, 2017, at St. James Cathedral, Seattle. The readings for this Sunday are Isaiah 63:16b-17, 19b, 64:2-7; 1 Cor 1:3-9; and Mark 13:33-37.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, November 26, 2017, the Solemnity of Christ the King, at St. James Cathedral, Seattle. The readings for this Sunday were Ezekiel 34:11-12, 15-17; 1 Cor 15:20-26, 28; Matthew 25:31-46.
On Sunday, November 19, 2017, at the conclusion of the 10:00am Mass, Father Ryan shares some thoughts on the beatification of Father Solanus Casey, OFM Cap. Father Ryan had the privilege of being in Detroit for the Beatification, along with Sister Anne Herkenrath, snjm, a longtime Cathedral staff member, who happens to be Father Solanus' great niece!
Father David A. Brant preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, November 18, 2017 at St. James Cathedral in Seattle. The readings for this Sunday are Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6; and Matthew 25:14-30.
On Sunday, November 12, 2017, Father Michael G. Ryan introduces Michelle Maher, parishioner, who reflects on the meaning of Sacrificial Giving. The readings for this Sunday are Wisdom 6:12-16, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, Matthew 25:1-13.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, November 5, 2017, at St. James Cathedral, Seattle. The readings for this Sunday are Malachi 1:14b-2:2b, 8-10; 1 Thessalonians 2:7b-9, 13; Matthew 23:1-12.
Father Michael G. Ryan, pastor, preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday, October 29, 2017. The readings for this Sunday are Exodus 22:20-26, 1 Thessalonians 1:5C-10, Matthew 22:34-40.
Father Tom Lucas, SJ, preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral on the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday, October 15, 2017. The readings for this Sunday were Isaiah 25:6-10a; Phil 4:12-14, 19-20; and Matthew 22:1-14.
Father Mike Raschko preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday, October 8, 2017. The readings for this Sunday are Isaiah 5:1-7, Philippians 4:6-9, and Matthew 21:33-43.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time at St. James Cathedral in Seattle, Sunday, October 1, 2017. The readings this Sunday are Ezekiel 18:25-28, Phil 2:1-11, and Matt 21:28-32.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time at St. James Cathedral in Seattle, Sunday, September 24, 2017. The readings this Sunday are Isaiah 55:6-9, Phil 1:20C-24, 27A, MT 20:1-16A.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time at St. James Cathedral in Seattle, September 17, 2017. The readings for this Sunday are Sirach 27:30-28:7, Romans 14:7-9, and Matthew 18:21-25.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time at St. James Cathedral in Seattle, September 10, 2017. The readings for this Sunday are Ezekiel 33:7-9, Rom 13:8-10, and Matthew 18:15-20.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time at St. James Cathedral in Seattle, September 3, 2017. The readings for this Sunday are Jeremiah 20:7-9; Rom 12:1-2; and Matthew 16:21-27.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 5:30pm Mass on the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time at St. James Cathedral in Seattle. The readings for today are Isaiah 22:19-23, Rom 11:33-36, and Matthew 16:13-20.
Father Michael G. Ryan preaches at the 5:30pm Mass on the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 20, 2017, at St. James Cathedral in Seattle. The readings for today are Isaiah 56:1, 6-7; Rom 11:13-15, 29-32; and Matthew 15:21-28.
Father Michael Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 13, 2017, at St. James Cathedral, Seattle. The readings for today are 1 Kings 19:9, 11-13; Psalm 85; Romans 9:1-5; and Matthew 14:22-33.
Choir Camp continues on Friday, August 11, 2017. Listen in to highlights from today's Choir Camp concert and some reflections from the choristers as well. See images and read reflections at the Choir Camp page, http://www.stjames-cathedral.org/choircamp/2017/default.aspx.
Choir Camp continues on Wednesday, August 9, 2017. Listen in as the forty young people participating in this year's camp sing, pray, and reflect on the experience.
Choir Camp began Monday, August 7, 2017, at St. James Cathedral. More than 40 young people will spend this week praying and singing together. Listen in as they play, pray, and make music together! Visit the Choir Camp page for photos and more, www.stjames-cathedral.org/choircamp/2017
Father Michael Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the Transfiguration of the Lord, August 6, 2017, at St. James Cathedral, Seattle. The readings for this Sunday were Daniel 7:9-10,13-14; 2 Peter 1:16-19; and Matthew 17:1-9.
Father David Brant preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time at St. James Cathedral, Seattle. The readings for this Sunday were 1 Kings 3:5,7-12; Romans 8:28-30; Matthew 13:44-52.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the Feast of St. James, July 23, 2017, at St. James Cathedral in Seattle. The readings for the feast day were Isaiah 61:1-3, 6, 8-9; 2 Corinthians 4:7-15; and Matthew 20:20-28.
Curtis Leighton, Youth Minister, reflects on the Cathedral's Youth Ministry Mission Trip to Nicaragua, July 2017. A group of 30 teens and adult chaperones visited the NPH Orphanage in Jinotepe, Nicaragua, where they met old friends from their visit two years ago, made new friends, and lived in community with the pequenos. Lots of photos at the Youth Ministry Facebook page! https://www.facebook.com/cathedral.youth
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday, July 16, 2017, at St. James Cathedral in Seattle. The readings for this Sunday were Isaiah 55:10-11, Psalm 65, Romans 8:18-23, and Matthew 13:1-23.
Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday, July 2, 2017, at St. James Cathedral in Seattle. The readings for this Sunday were 2 Kings 4:8-11,14-16, Psalm 89, Romans 6:3-4, 8-11, and Matthew 10:37-42.
Read the homily online at http://www.stjames-cathedral.org/Pubs/Pastor/2017/17july2.aspx.