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The Yoke of Christ – A Sermon on Matthew 11:16-30, Proper 9A
The collect and readings for the Third Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 9A, may be found here. The appointed gospel is Matthew 11: 16-19, 25-30. I have, however, included the omitted verses, 20-24. “But to what will I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to one another, ‘We played Read more
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The Martyrdom of Peter and Paul
Today is the commemoration of the martyrdom of St. Peter and St. Paul. The Church’s tradition teaches that they both died as martyrs in Rome during the persecution under Nero in 64 A.D. According to tradition, Paul was granted the right of a Roman citizen to be beheaded by a sword, but Peter suffered the Read more
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The Choreography of Love – A Sermon for the Feast of the Holy Trinity, Matthew 28:16-20
The collect and readings for the Feast of the Holy Trinity may be found here. The appointed gospel is Matthew 28:16-20. The eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority Read more
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The Holy Trinity – A Strange and Paradoxical Diversity-in-Unity and Unity-in-Diversity
Almighty and everlasting God, you have given to us your servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of your divine Majesty to worship the Unity: Keep us steadfast in this faith and worship, and bring us at last to see you Read more
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Artisans of the Likeness of God – The Feast of St. Basil the Great
“‘Let us make the human being according to our image and according to our likeness’ [Gen. 1:26]. By our creation we have the first, and by our free choice we build the second. In our initial structure co-originates and exists our coming into being according to the image of God. By free choice we are Read more
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Breathe, You Have Been Pentecosted – A Sermon on John 20:19-23 for the Feast of Pentecost
The readings and collect for the Feast of Pentecost may be found here. The appointed gospel is John 20:19-23. 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 Read more
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