Tag: Matthew 5:1-12

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  We’re All Blessed – A Sermon On Matthew 5:1-12

  January 30, 2023

  “Blessed.” Jesus says that word nine times in today’s gospel (Matthew 5:1-12). We often talk about ourselves or others as being blessed. “I’m blessed.” “She’s blessed.” “We’re really blessed.” You’ve said and heard those things, right? But here’s what I wonder: what do they mean? What does it mean to be blessed? When you tell Read more
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  Here We Are – A Baptismal Sermon On the Beatitudes, Matthew 5:1-12

  November 1, 2020

  Emmitt, though you are only four and a half months old you are never too young to hear the Beatitudes for the first time, and neither are the rest of us too old to hear them again for the first time. Today you are being immersed in the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-12) as a way of… Read more
• To Occupy or Be Occupied? A Sermon for the Feast of All Saints, Matthew 5:1-12

  November 7, 2011

  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 Read more
• The Way Forward – A Sermon on the Beatitudes, Matthew 5:1-12

  January 30, 2011

  The collect and readings for today, The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, maybe found here. The appointed gospel is Matthew 5:1-12. When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. 2Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying: 3“Blessed are the poor in spirit, Read more
• Blessed are the Peacemakers

  January 29, 2011

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