Sermon on the Last Sunday After the Epiphany 2011

And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his garments became white as light.[i]
We find ourselves this morning at the last Sunday after the Epiphany.  We find ourselves on the threshold of Great and Holy Lent.  This Wednesday is Ash Wednesday…the first day of Lent.  And with each and…

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Sermon on the Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany MMXI

“Say to all the congregation of the people of Israel, You shall be holy; for I the LORD your God am holy.”
This morning, beloved in the Lord Jesus Christ, we hear two very difficult lessons on what it is to be holy…on what it is to be Christ-like.
In the Book of Leviticus, the Lord…

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Sermon- Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany Year A

Most of us here…and especially those of us who have been a part of the parish family for many years, love to hear the pitter-patter of little feet in our halls and in this nave.
Most of us love to hear the laughter of little voices bringing life and vibrancy to this parish.
There are few sights…

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Sermon- Third Sunday after the Epiphany

Today, my brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ, let us consider repentance. Repentance is a major theme throughout the entirety of the record of Scripture.
From the fall of Adam and Eve and the expulsion out of the Garden of Eden…From Noah and the Arc and the flooding of the world…from the call of Abraham and…

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Sermon Advent II 2010

We come together this morning on the Second Sunday in Advent…and as we do each and every year on the second Sunday in Advent…we are greeted by Saint John the Baptist.
And, each and every year on this Second Sunday in Advent, Saint John the Baptist has the same message for us:
In those days John the…

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Sermon Advent I

Today, my brothers and sisters, let us consider Advent…the period of time leading up to the Feast of the Nativity and encompassing four Sundays…
The first season in the Church’s year…the time of the Jesse Tree and the Advent Wreath…the season that is all but lost and forgotten in the hustle and bustle of the holiday…

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