Holyrood Church

Holyrood Church is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt congregation of the Diocese of New York which is part of the Episcopal Church and the world Anglican Communion. The Holyrood Church (Holyrood means “Holy Crucifix” or “Holy Cross”) was founded as a Protestant Episcopal congregation in 1893 by Rev. William Oliver Embury, who was chaplain of The House of Refuge for Problem Girls and was operated by the... Read

Vision

As a People’s Church we lead people into a healthy relationship with God, Jesus, others, and themselves.

Mission

We believe all people matter to God and in Jesus salvific liberation: The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor. Luke 4:18-19

The Red Corner of Fr. Luis

25/Feb/2021

Only if you seek to live in harmony with God and with all of God's creation, will you be truly happy

Good morning, happy Thursday, and many blessings. To cut to the chase, I’d like to ask two questions concerning today’s Gospel (Matthew 7:7-12): One, what does the word, it, refer to? In other words, when Jesus said, “Ask, and it will be given you,” what might...

24/Feb/2021

"What do you really want, Jesus himself or something else?"

Good morning, happy Wednesday, and many blessings. Today’s Gospel (Luke 11:29-32) remind us that it's common enough among Christians to search for signs, assurances for us that our decisions have God's approval. For some of us, one method used to attain this end is...

19/Feb/2021

There is time for everything

Good morning, happy Friday, and many blessings. This is another very short Gospel (Matthew 9:14-15) reading. Today John’s disciples come to Jesus and ask him why he and his disciples don’t fast as John and the Pharisees do. Jesus does not answer their...