Sermons by The Very Rev. Kathleen Murray (Page 13)
Listen For His Voice: Lent 5
The Fifth Sunday In Lent: March 21, 2021 Year B: Jeremiah 31:31-34; Psalm 51:1-13; Hebrews 5:5-10; John 12:20-33 CLICK HERE to view the video recording of this Spiritual Communion service and sermon on Facebook. Available service bulletins. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ This is Jesus’ final public speech. It is Passover; Jerusalem is full of people who had gathered to celebrate the festival. Among those were Greeks who were among people who would be called “God-Fearers”. God-fearers were people who were attracted to Judaism…
God Loves Us Without Bounds: Lent 4
The Fourth Sunday In Lent: March 14, 2021 Year B: Numbers 21:4-9; Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22; Ephesians 2:1-10; John 3:14-21 CLICK HERE to view the video recording of this Spiritual Communion service and sermon on Facebook. Available service bulletins. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ “And making a whip of cords, he drove them all, with the sheep and oxen, out of the temple; and he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables.” I imagine that there are some who find this…
Do We Have Our Priorities Right? Lent 3
The Third Sunday In Lent: March 7, 2021 Year B: Exodus 20:1-17; Psalm 19; 1 Corinthians 1:18-25; John 2:13-22 CLICK HERE to view the video recording of this Spiritual Communion service and sermon on Facebook. Available service bulletins. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ “And making a whip of cords, he drove them all, with the sheep and oxen, out of the temple; and he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables.” I imagine that there are some who find this…
Lent Helps Us Remember: Lent 2
The Second Sunday In Lent: February 28, 2021 Year B: Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16; Psalm 22:22-30; Romans 4:13-25; Mark 8:31-38 CLICK HERE to view the video recording of this Spiritual Communion service and sermon on Facebook. Available service bulletins. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Perhaps it’s a bit irreverent, but I have this mental picture of the disciples. It’s several years after Jesus’ death and resurrection. The disciples are together. They are talking about the good old days, reminiscing the way friends who have shared…
Listen For God’s Voice: Last Sunday After Epiphany
The Last sunday AFter Epiphany: February 14, 2021 Year B: 2 Kings 2:1-12; Psalm 50:1-6; 2 Corinthians 4:3-6; Mark 9:2-9 CLICK HERE to view the video recording of this Morning Prayer service and sermon on Facebook. Available service bulletins. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ “And after six days Jesus takes Peter and James and John and privately leads them up alone to a high mountain.” That’s the first verse of today’s Gospel in A Translation: The New Testament by David Bentley Hart. It sounds…
Faith Leads To Wisdom: Epiphany 4
The Fourth sunday AFter Epiphany: January 31, 2021 Year B:Deuteronomy 18:15-20; Psalm 111; 1 Corinthians 8:1-13; Mark 1:21-28 CLICK HERE to view the video recording of this Morning Prayer service and sermon on Facebook. Available service bulletins. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ In today’s Psalm we hear: “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.”[1] Over the years, I’ve have many discussion about exactly what the phrase, “the fear of the Lord” means. And it something important, surely, because it appears in…
Let Us Sit Under The Fig Tree: Epiphany 2
The Second sunday AFter Epiphany: January 17, 2021 Year B:1 Samuel 3:1-10(11-20); Psalm 139:1-5, 12-17; 1 Corinthians 6:12-20; John 1:43-51 CLICK HERE to view the video recording of this Morning Prayer service and sermon on Facebook. Available service bulletins. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Before the Covid-19 caused us to cancel services inside our churches, the sermons were usually recorded at St. Andrew’s and uploaded by Kemp Miller, for whose ministry we are all grateful. To access the entire library of audio files for…
May We Also Say YES To God: Advent 4
The Fourth Sunday of Advent: December 20, 2020 Year B: 2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16; Psalm 89:1-4, 19-26; Romans 16:25-27; Luke 1:26-38; Canticle 15 CLICK HERE to view the video recording of this Morning Prayer service and sermon on Facebook. Available service bulletins. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ “Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.”[1] I can only imagine Mary’s distress, Mary’s fear when this young woman heard this from a stranger, “Greetings favored one, the Lord is with you.[2] She was “greatly distressed at…
We Are Witness to the Light: Advent 3
The Third Sunday of Advent: December 13, 2020 Year B: Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11; Psalm 126; 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24; John 1:6-8,19-28 CLICK HERE to view the video recording of this Spiritual Communion service and sermon on Facebook. Available service bulletins. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Most of us know that the season and the mood of Advent is one of great expectation, great waiting. There are three purple candles and a pink candle, and then of course, the white candle in the center, which is…
Let Life Be Shaped By Hope: Advent 2
The Second Sunday of Advent: December 6, 2020 Year B: Isaiah 40:1-11; Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13; 2 Peter 3:8-15a; Mark 1:1-8 CLICK HERE to view the video recording of this Morning Prayer service and sermon on Facebook. Available service bulletins. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The perennial challenge during this time of year is to hear anew, to hear with fresh ears, to see with fresh eyes, the familiar stories we all know. We hear, “Prepare ye the way of the Lord”.[1] We know what…
Jesus Walks As Our Neighbor: Advent 1
The First Sunday of Advent: November 29, 2020 Year B: Isaiah 64:1-9; Psalm 80:1-7, 16-18; 1 Corinthians 1:3-9; Mark 13:24-37 CLICK HERE to view the video recording of this Spiritual Communion service and sermon on Facebook. Available service bulletins. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ When Advent falls immediately following Thanksgiving it feels a bit rushed because then the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas Day is short. We don’t have a full month, but here they are – Advent and Christmas are upon us. We…
Who Is King Of Your Life? Christ The King Sunday
Christ The King Sunday: November 22, 2020 Year A, Proper 29: Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24; Psalm 100; Ephesians 1:15-23; Matthew 25:31-46 CLICK HERE to view the video recording of this Morning Prayer service and sermon on Facebook. Available service bulletins. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Today, we celebrate New Year’s Eve, so to speak. No, I haven’t lost touch with time in these many months of being at home. But today, this Last Sunday after Pentecost, which is also designated the Feast of Christ the…