Pentecost – 2024
Sermon: St. Mark 10:13-16 THE HOLY SPIRIT, BAPTISM, AND JESUS’ BLESSING Dear people loved by God in Christ: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. In Isaiah 32, God’s prophet addresses the women of Israel with a warning, out of love. This shows how important women are to God, how essential in His kingdom and for God’s plan. Three times in Isaiah 32, verses…
Easter 7 –
Sunday after Ascension
2024
Sermon: Ephesians 1:17, 20-23 JESUS SITS AT GOD’S RIGHT HAND: WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? Ephesians 1:17, 20-23. 17 The God of our Lord Jesus Christ … 20 raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come. 22 And He put all things under…
Easter 3 – 2024
Sermon: Mark
Easter 3- Good Shepherd Sunday 2024
Sermon: St. Mark 14:27-28; 1 Peter 5:1-5 A FAITHFUL SHEPHERD’S LEADING 1 Peter 5:1-5. The elders who are among you I exhort, I who am a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that will be revealed: Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly; nor as being lords over those entrusted to you, but…
Easter 2 – Quasimodogeniti – 2024
Sermon: St. Mark 16:9-18 THE REST OF THE EASTER STORY IS JESUS TAKING AWAY DOUBTS Sermon Text, Mark 16:9-18. 9 Now when He rose early on the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had cast seven demons. 10 She went and told those who had been with Him, as they mourned and wept. 11 And when they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they did not…
Easter – 2024
Sermon: St. Mark 16:1-8 Sermon Text, Mark 16:1-8 (v. 1, 5-7; preceded by 14:27-28). Then Jesus said to them, “All of you will be made to stumble because of Me this night, for it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’ But after I have been raised, I will go before you to Galilee.” … Now when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, that they…
Early Easter Service – 2024
EASTER HOMILY By St. John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople (347-407) (Read around the world at Easter Matins or Easter Vigil) Are there any who are devout lovers of God? Let them enjoy this beautiful bright festival! Are there any who are grateful servants? Let them rejoice and enter into the joy of their Lord! Are there any weary with fasting? Let them now receive their wages! If any have toiled from the first hour, let them receive their due reward.…
Good Friday – 2024
Sermon: St. Mark 15:39-47 THE POWER OF THE CROSS So when the centurion, who stood opposite Him, saw that He cried out like this and breathed His last, he said, “Truly this Man was the Son of God!” 40 There were also women looking on from afar, among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the Less and of Joses, and Salome, 41 who also followed Him and ministered to Him when He was in Galilee, and many…
Maundy Thursday – 2024
Sermon: St. Mark 14:12-26 THE LORD’S SUPPER IS PREPARED AND IT IS PREPARING The Text, St. Mark 14:12-26. 12 Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they killed the Passover lamb, His disciples said to Him, “Where do You want us to go and prepare, that You may eat the Passover?” 13 And He sent out two of His disciples and said to them, “Go into the city, and a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of…
Palm Sunday- 2024
HE MAKES YOUR LIFE A HOSANNA AND A HOUSE OF PRAYER Sermon Text, St. Mark 11:1-11, 15-19. Now when they drew near Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, He sent two of His disciples; and He said to them, “Go into the village opposite you; and as soon as you have entered it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has sat. Loose it and bring it. And if anyone says to you, ‘Why are you…