Sermons (Page 24)
What Does The Trinitarian Life Look Like? Trinity Sunday
The First Sunday After Pentecost: June 7, 2020 Year A, Trinity Sunday: Psalm 8 (or Canticle 13); Genesis 1:1-2:4a; 2 Corinthians 13:11-13; Matthew 28:16-20 CLICK HERE to view the video on YouTube. CLICK HERE to listen to an audio recording. CLICK HERE to download the written sermon or read below: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Homilist: The Rt. Rev. Porter Taylor, ASsisting Bishop of the Diocese of Virginia Today is Trinity Sunday: one of the major feast days in the Church, and yet –…
Come, Holy Spirit, Come: Day of Pentecost
Day of Pentecost: May 31, 2020 Year A, Whitsunday: Psalm 104:25-35, 37; Acts 2:1-21; • 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13; • John 20:19-23 CLICK HERE to view the video recording on Facebook. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Jesus said to them again, ‘Peace be with you.” Peace be with you. It’s a message that is sorely needed in the world. How do we find that peace? It’s certainly missing right now. Much of the country is coming out of the lockdown of the last several months.…
You Will Be My Witnesses: Easter 7
Seventh Sunday of Easter: May 24, 2020 Year A, Easter 7: Psalm 68:1-10, 33-36; Acts 1:6-14; 1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11; John 17:1-11; CLICK HERE to view the video on YouTube. CLICK HERE to download the written sermon or read below: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Homilist: The Rt. Rev. Jennifer Brooke Davidson, the Assistant Bishop of the Diocese of Virginia It’s the end of the long season of Eastertide. This is the Seventh Sunday in Easter: seven Sundays to make a perfect week of…
The Greatest Legacy of All: Love – Easter 6
Sixth Sunday of Easter: May 17, 2020 Year A, Easter 6: Psalm 66:7-18, 15-16; Acts 17:22-31, 1 Peter 3:13-22, John 14:15-21 CLICK HERE to view the video recording on Facebook. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ We’re in the season that we would normally have lots of celebration. Normally, we’d be attending a lot off graduation parties, even weddings. I went to a college and a seminary where there were a lot of traditions, especially when you attend a seminary that is now more than…
Our Spiritual House Stands Firm: Easter 5
The fifth sunday of Easter: May 10, 2020 Year A: Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16, Acts 7:55-60, 1 Peter 2:2-10, John 14:1-14 CLICK HERE to view the video recording on Facebook. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ It all feels so up in the air. I suspect you are asking yourself, as I have been, when have so many people, everywhere, felt so uncertain, had so many unanswered and unanswerable questions all at the same time? When have so many plans been upended, suspended? When have so…
We Have Everything We Need: Easter 4
Good Shepherd Sunday: May 3, 2020 Year A, The Fourth Sunday of Easter: Psalm 23, Acts 2:42-47, 1 Peter 2:19-25, John 10:1-10 Children’s Sermon Featuring: The Rt. Rev. Susan E. Goff, Bishop Suffragan and Ecclesiastical Authority, and her dear friend, Grannie MacEwe All Ages Sermon Homilist: The RT. Rev. Susan Goff, Bishop of Virginia CLICK HERE for a pdf of the sermon text or read below: Psalm 23 and John 10:1-10 “I have come that they may have life, and…
Glimmer of God: Easter 3
The Third Sunday of Easter: April 26, 2020 Year A: Psalm 116:1-3, 10-17, Acts 2:14a,36-41, Peter 1:17-23, Luke 24:13-35 CLICK HERE to view the video on YouTube. CLICK HERE to download the written sermon or read below: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Homilist: The Rev. Dr. Mary Brennan Thorpe, Canon to the Ordinary My cellphone rang the other day. It was a number that I didn’t recognize, but my RoboCaller app didn’t flag it, so I answered. A woman’s voice, with a strong Alabama…
God Is With Us: Easter 2
The Second Sunday of Easter: April 19, 2020 Year A: Psalm 16, Acts 2:14a, 22-32, 1 Peter 1:3-9, John 20:19-31 CLICK HERE to view the video on YouTube. CLICK HERE to download the written sermon or read below: John 20:19-31 When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace…
It’s Easter Anyway: Easter Day
Easter DAy: April 12, 2020 Easter Day, Year A: Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24, Acts 10:34-43 or Jeremiah 31:1-6, Colossians 3:1-4 or Acts 10:34-43, John 20:1-18 or Matthew 28:1-10 CLICK HERE to view the video on YouTube. CLICK HERE to read the written sermon in English and in Spanish or read in English below: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Homilist: The Most Rev. Michael Curry, Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church (United States) This sermon was pre-recorded for inclusion in the live stream of the Cathedral’s April…
Come Out and Live: Lent 5
The Fifth Sunday in Lent: March 29, 2020 Year A: Ezekiel 37:1-14; Psalm 130; Romans 8:6-11; John 11:1-45 At the time of this posting, there was no audio recording of this sermon. Today we hear about death and new life, about the end of some things, and, perhaps, the beginning of others. Death is always a topic close to home, one that seems to get closer every year. With what’s happening in the world around us, and on the eve…
Live as Children of the Light: Lent 4
The Fourth Sunday in Lent: March 22, 2020 Year A: 1 Samuel 16:1-13; Psalm 23; Ephesians 5:8-14; John 9:1-41 At the time of this posting, there was no audio recording of this sermon. I want to welcome you all to this celebration of Morning Prayer. I welcome all of Beckford Parish, Emmanuel and St. Andrew’s who are able to gather with us virtually, and to all our friends who may be joining us. This is a different way of worshiping…
Seek A Right Relationship With God: Lent 1
Seek a Right Relationship With God: March 1, 2020 Year A: Genesis: 2:15-17, 3:1-7; Psalm 32; Romans 5:12-19; Matthew 4:1-11 At the time of this posting, there was no audio recording of this sermon. Every year on the first Sunday in Lent we hear one of the gospel stories of the temptations faced by Jesus Christ. In the Gospel story, Jesus is engaging the powers of the world – the powers of this world are characterized by domination and violence,…