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When Exile and Words of Comfort Meet – A Sermon on Isaiah 40:1-11, Advent 2B
The collect and readings for today, The Second Sunday of Advent, may be found here. The following sermon focuses on Isaiah 40:1-11. “Comfort, o comfort my people.” These are God’s ancient words to his people; spoken through the prophet Isaiah in the 6th century b.c. Their relevance and timeliness, however, are not lost on us…
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Alma Redemptoris Mater
With the First Sunday in Advent the Marian hymn following compline changed from the Salve Regina to the Alma Redemptoris Mater. This will be used until the Feast of the Presentation. There are two concluding collects: one for the Season of Advent one that is used from Christmas Eve until the Presentation. The Commonweal blog has…
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“In Those Days….” – A Sermon on Mark 13:24-37, Advent 1B
The collect and readings for the First Sunday in Advent, Year B, may be found here. The following sermon focuses on Mark 13:24-37. “In those days….” So begins our entry into the Season of Advent. It sounds ominous and it is. Advent is not just a liturgical season of the church year. It is a…
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To Occupy or Be Occupied? A Sermon for the Feast of All Saints, Matthew 5:1-12
The collect and readings for The Feast of All Saints may be found here. The following sermon is based on the beatitudes, Matthew 5:1-12. The Occupy Movement has gotten a lot of attention over the last couple of months. Occupy Wall Street. Occupy London. Occupy Sydney. Occupy Oakland, Portland, Dallas, San Antonio. The list…
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Salve Regina
Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, hail, our life, our sweetness, and our hope. To you we cry, the banished children of Eve; to you we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn, then, most gracious advocate, your eyes of mercy toward us; lead us home at last and show us…
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The First Step is to Get Your Feet Wet – A Sermon on Joshua 3:7-17, Proper 26A
The collect and reading for Proper 26A, the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, may be found here. The following sermon is based on Joshua 3:7-17. If you have ever spent any time in the wilderness of life then you have probably spent time thinking about the promised land; that place where life will be better, more…
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As They Love Their Cow
“Some people want to see God with their eyes as they see a cow, and to love Him as they love their cow – for the milk and cheese and profit it brings them. This is how it is with people who love God for the sake of outward wealth or inward comfort. They do not…
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Coined in the Image of God – A Sermon on Matthew 22:15-22, Proper 24A
The collect and readings for today, the eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 24A, may be found here. The following sermon is based on Matthew 22:15-22. There’s a saying you may know. “Paybacks are hell.” I don’t know if the Pharisees of Jesus’ day knew that saying but they are counting on it being true. They…
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