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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 Read more
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Minted by God
“If Caesar can require his image in a coin, cannot God require his image in a human being?” – St. Augustine, Sermon 308A.7 Read more
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Prayer Before the Crucifix
The following is said to be St. Francis’ prayer before the crucifix: Most high, glorious God, enlighten the darkness of my heart. Give me true faith, certain hope, and perfect charity, sense and knowledge, Lord, that I may carry out Your holy and true command. Amen. Read more
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St. Francis – The Canticle of the Creatures
October 4 is the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, one of the most beloved and, perhaps, least imitated of the saints. Too often Francis is sentimentalized and domesticated. Francis, however, sought identification with Christ through the poverty and suffering of Christ, his fellow human beings, and his own. He received the stigmata, the marks Read more
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Angelic Thoughts and Prayers on the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels
Today, September 29, is the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels. With every liturgy we celebrate we “[join] our voices with Angels and Archangels and with all the company of heaven,” who are forever proclaiming the glory of God’s Name. The liturgy here on earth becomes one with the heavenly liturgy. The voices of Read more
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