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Fr. Daniel S.J. Scheid SCP
Aug 28, 20243 min read
What is Father Dan Thinking 8-11-24
“All guests who arrive should be received as Christ,” says Saint Benedict in the 53rd chapter of his rule. “The superior and the...
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Fr. Daniel S.J. Scheid SCP
Jul 31, 20245 min read
What is Father Dan Thinking? 8-4-24
She’s homeless, again. Her husband of a decade is a mean drunk and forced her out of the apartment that they shared for a couple of years...
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Fr. Daniel S.J. Scheid SCP
Jul 31, 20244 min read
Sermon for 10th after Pentecost
† “Use your imagination, Peter!” The 1991 movie “Hook” starred Dustin Hoffman as the eponymous captain and our beloved...
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Fr. Daniel S.J. Scheid SCP
Jul 17, 20243 min read
What is Father Dan Thinking? 7-21-24
Last Saturday, as you no doubt know by now, an attempt was made on the life of the former president at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania....
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Fr. Daniel S.J. Scheid SCP
Jul 17, 20245 min read
Sermon for 8th after Pentecost 7-14-24
† Theirs wasn’t a match made in heaven, Herod’s and Herodias’s. Like many marriages of the rich and powerful throughout history, theirs...
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Fr. Daniel S.J. Scheid SCP
Jun 13, 20244 min read
Sermon for 3rd after Pentecost 6-9-24
† “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Thus begins Leo Tolstoy’s novel Anna Karenina. I don’t...
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Fr. Daniel S.J. Scheid SCP
Jun 13, 20242 min read
What is Father Dan Thinking? 6-16-24
I heard a cry of anguish coming from the stairway leading down from Market and Van Ness to the subway. I was beginning one of my...
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Fr. Daniel S.J. Scheid SCP
Jun 3, 20245 min read
Corpus Christi Sermon 6-2-24
“If the Eucharist is just a symbol,” said Flannery O’Connor, “then to hell with it.” Flannery O’Connor, a devout Roman Catholic, was the...
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Fr. Daniel S.J. Scheid SCP
May 15, 20242 min read
What is Father Dan Thinking? 5-19-24
I witnessed a lovely exchange between a homeless artist and two of his unbeknownst patrons. The artist lives in a tent encampment on the...
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Fr. Daniel S.J. Scheid SCP
Apr 29, 20246 min read
Fifth Sunday of Easter Sermon
Fr. Daniel S.J. Scheid, SCP Fifth Sunday of Easter B – April 28, 2024 All Saints’ Episcopal Church, San Francisco “Dude! God abides.”...
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Fr. Daniel S.J. Scheid SCP
Apr 29, 20242 min read
What is Father Dan Thinking? 4-28-24
I’m keeping an eye on the Supreme Court’s deliberation on whether and how local municipalities code and enforce people sleeping outdoors....
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Fr. Daniel S.J. Scheid SCP
Apr 16, 20242 min read
What is Father Dan Thinking? 4-21-24
Monday’s daily office reading from the Book of Exodus (18:13-27) spoke wisdom to me. Moses was visited by his father-in-law Jethro, who...
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Fr. Daniel S.J. Scheid SCP
Apr 16, 20243 min read
Third Sunday of Easter Sermon
Fr. Daniel S.J. Scheid, SCP Third Sunday of Easter B – April 14, 2024 All Saints’ Episcopal Church, San Francisco “To Embrace Bodily...
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Fr. Daniel S.J. Scheid SCP
Apr 9, 20242 min read
What is Father Dan Thinking? 4-14-24
“You have a busy schedule!” I’ve heard this many times from Haight-Ashbury parishioners who walk by our sidewalk sign or who follow All...
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Fr. Daniel S.J. Scheid SCP
Apr 9, 20245 min read
Second Sunday of Easter Sermon
Fr. Daniel S.J. Scheid, SCP Second Sunday of Easter B – April 7, 2024 All Saints’ Episcopal Church, San Francisco “Listen to the Monks” †...
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Fr. Daniel S.J. Scheid SCP
Apr 4, 20241 min read
What is Father Dan Thinking? 4-7-24
Last week was the church feast of Martin Luther King, Jr. While he his celebrated on the national holiday in January, marking his birth,...
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Fr. Daniel S.J. Scheid SCP
Apr 4, 20243 min read
Easter Vigil Sermon 2024
Fr. Daniel S.J. Scheid, SCP Great Vigil of Easter – March 30, 2024 All Saints’ Episcopal Church, San Francisco “The Promise of Easter”...
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Fr. Daniel S.J. Scheid SCP
Apr 4, 20242 min read
Good Friday Sermon 2024
Fr. Daniel S.J. Scheid, SCP Good Friday – March 29, 2024 All Saints’ Episcopal Church, San Francisco “Love and compassion” † “Don’t read...
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Fr. Daniel S.J. Scheid SCP
Apr 4, 20242 min read
Maundy Thursday Sermon 2024
Fr. Daniel S.J. Scheid, SCP Maundy Thursday – March 28, 2024 All Saints’ Episcopal Church, San Francisco “What brings you to Flint?” †...
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Fr. Daniel S.J. Scheid SCP
Mar 4, 20245 min read
What is Father Dan Thinking? 3-4-24
Fr. Daniel S.J. Scheid, SCP Margaret Taylor Requiem – March 2, 2024 All Saints’ Episcopal Church, San Francisco “A Thoughtful Christian”...
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