Few passages in Scripture astound as much as Elizabeth’s words to her younger cousin, Mary. Exclaiming loudly, she does with Mary what her unborn child, John the Baptizer, would later do for Jesus. She proclaims the coming of the Lord. Elizabeth’s prophetic words begin with, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit […]
St. Lucia: Revelation 7:14-17
December 14, 2011 by
Then [one of the elders in heaven] told me, “These are the ones coming out of the terrible suffering. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. That is why they are before the throne of God and worship him night and day in his Temple. The one […]
John 1:6-8, 19-28: A Voice, Mouth, and Finger
December 11, 2011 by
What made John the Baptizer such a powerful witness? Well, you can’t be much of a witness if you don’t know what you’re witnessing about or what you’re supposed to do. John didn’t have that problem. He knew he was witnessing about the Messiah prophesied from of old. He knew that he was “sent from […]
St. Nicholas, Bishop: Matthew 5:14-19
December 7, 2011 by
Matthew 5:14-19 [Jesus said,] “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be concealed. No one lights a lamp and puts it under a basket, but on a lamp stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, […]
2 Peter 3:8-14: Be spotless, blameless, and at peace with God
December 4, 2011 by
This is a confessional address, which is much shorter than a typical sermon. The service today was a confessional service in preparation to receive Christ’s Body and Blood in His holy Supper. Following the service was our Altar Guild’s “Hanging of the Greens” ceremony. ————- About 200 years after Jesus’ ascension into heaven, a man […]
St. Andrew, Apostle: John 1:35-42
November 30, 2011 by
Some of you may have grown up in families where you weren’t the one who always got the attention. A brother or a sister was better at sports than you. Or maybe in academics, he got the recognition and the approval. Perhaps, others sometimes introduced you as “so-and-so’s brother or sister.” It must have been […]
The Way of the Donkey: Mark 11:1-10
November 27, 2011 by
When fishes flew and forests walked and figs grew upon thorn, some moment when the moon was blood then surely I was born. With monstrous head and sickening cry and ears like errant wings, the devil’s walking parody on all four-footed things. The tattered outlaw of the earth, of ancient crooked will; starve, scourge, deride […]
Giving Thanks Like a Samaritan: Luke 17:11-19
November 23, 2011 by
St. Luke wants you to be bowled over by the man who came back to thank Jesus. Ten lepers approached Jesus. Ten lepers cried out with a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” They all wanted healing. And Jesus was compassionate and merciful. He said, “Go and show yourselves to the priests!” And […]
John 4:46-54: The Hidden and Revealed God
November 13, 2011 by
When your child is sick, you feel powerless. You want to heal your child, but the most you can do is to help the body heal itself. You don’t have true power to heal. Even antibiotics and medicines do not work without the body doing its part. True healing happens without the body’s help. And […]
All Saints’: Matthew 5:1-12
November 6, 2011 by
The kingdom of this world is like a man who goes off to war. He fights for his homeland, but soon his enemies capture him. They strip him and beat him, leaving him half-dead, a prisoner in a large prisoner of war camp, filled with thousand of others. The prison camp is like a small, […]
