Sermons on Holy Week/Semana Santa (Page 2)
Where Is God? Good Friday
Good Friday: April 19, 2019 Year C, Isaiah 52:13-53:12; Psalm 22; Hebrews 10:16-25; John 18:1-19:42 There was no recording of this sermon. The text is below. In his book Night, Elie Wiesel describes the gruesome execution of a boy in the concentration camp. He talks about other prisoners being forced to watch him hang in prolonged suffering and eventual death on those gallows, about another prisoner asking the question any one of us might ask: Where is God? Indeed. Where is God, in moments like…
The Mandate To Love: Maundy Thursday
Good Friday: April 18, 2019 Year C, Exodus 12:1-14; Psalm 116:1, 10-17; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26; John 13:1-17, 31b-35 There was no recording of this sermon. The text is below. Perhaps the most common question I get about Holy Weeks is about Maundy Thursday, or what’s known in other churches as Holy Thursday. The one thing people often ask is this: what does “Maundy” mean? It’s a good question. Who uses the term “maundy” in their daily life? For those on…
Walk With Jesus In Love: Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday: April 14, 2019 Year C, Liturgy of the Palms: Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29; Luke 19:28-40 Year C, Liturgy of the Word: Isaiah 50:4-9a; Philippians 2:5-11; Psalm 31:9-16; Luke 22:14-23:56 At the time of this posting, there was no recording of this sermon. The text is below. Palm Sunday. I have a friend who tells me nothing more need be said because the Liturgy of the Palms and the Passion say it all. Yet, I think a word does need…
Atonement = at-one-ment with God: Good Friday
First SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY, January 7, 2018 Epiphany 1, Year B: Isaiah 52:13-53:12; Psalm 22; Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9; Mark 9:2-9 CLICK HERE to listen to the recording. We have just heard some of the most beautiful, painful, heart-wrenching passages of scripture, juxtaposed with one of the holiest, most beautiful, painful, heart-wrenching moments of the Christian story. Jesus, our beloved healer, lover of souls, champion of the poor, weak, and oppressed, the man who washed the feet of his friends,…
We commemorate His perfect love: Maundy Thursday
Maundy Thursday, March 29, 2018 Maundy Thursday, Year B: Exodus 12:1-4, (5-10), 11-14; Psalm 116:1, 10-17; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26; John 13:1-17, 31b-35 CLICK HERE to listen to the recording. In the name of God, who has given us a new commandment. John throws us a curve ball so to speak. In this gospel account, John places this meal, this last supper, as happening before the Passover. This is unlike the other three gospel writers, Matthew, Mark, and Luke who all describe this…
The Passion Story: Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday, March 25, 2018 Palm Sunday, Year B: Mark 11:1-11 or John 12:12-16;; Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29; Isaiah 50:4-9a; Philippians 2:5-11; Mark 14:1-15:47 or Mark 15:1-39, [40-47]; Psalm 31:9-16 CLICK HERE to listen to the recording. Mother Kathy felt the Passion Story, as read here so beautifully by Kemp Miller, should speak for itself. Her brief comments follow the Gospel reading. The sermons are recorded at St. Andrew’s and uploaded by Kemp Miller, for whose ministry we are all grateful. You can listen to…
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