Sermons
V Epiphany
February 10, 2019
In
the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. AMEN.
The
movie Amadeus focuses on the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – seen through the
eyes of one of his contemporary composers, Antonio Salieri. One of my favorite scenes is when Salieri –
who was the composer to the Hapsburg Court has just presented the King with a
new piece of music. ...Read More
The Presentation (Transferred)
February 3, 2019
In
the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. AMEN.
Today
we remember the Feast of the Presentation.
The gospel lesson that I read just a moment ago recounts for us the day
that Mary and Joseph fulfilled the law and took the baby Jesus to the Temple in
Jerusalem. During the course of this
reading we encountered two people who had been waiting for the Messiah...Read More
Conversion of St. Paul (Transferred)
January 27, 2019
In
the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. AMEN.
“Wherefore,
O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision, but declared
first to those at Damascus, then at Jerusalem and throughout all the country of
Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God and
perform deeds worthy of their repentance.”
This
is how...Read More
III Epiphany
January 20, 2019
Guest Speaker on Grief.
Our Parish suffered the loss of both our Deacon and our Organist in recent months. The Vestry invited a consultant to talk with us about grief. Below is the text of her presentation.
Opening:
We are
invited to live into the wholeness that is God’s gift to us through Christ and
through our baptism. As Christians, we seek wellness in...Read More
II Epiphany (Baptism of our Lord)
January 13, 2019
Guest Speaker scheduled -- snow caused postponement....Read More
Feast of the Epiphany
January 6, 2019
Sermon not preached by the Rector -- text not available....Read More
I Christmas
December 30, 2018
In
the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. AMEN.
“In
the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was
God.” We have heard this phrase from St.
John’s Gospel many times, but does it have meaning to us? Do we understand this concept of “the
Word”? It loses much of its meaning in
translation and in...Read More
Christmas Eve/Christmas Day
December 24, 2018
In
the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. AMEN.
I
seem to be addicted to Facebook. The
other evening, I saw a post by a friend.
It was about a professor who accused God of sexual misconduct for
impregnating the Virgin Mary without consent.
I
am sorry to begin a Christmas sermon this way, but actually the rebuttal for
the professor’s argument is...Read More