Sermons on John
Sixth Sunday of Easter
Gospel: John 15:9-17 A reading from the Gospel of John. Glory to you, O Lord. [Jesus said:] “As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be…
Fifth Sunday of Easter
Gospel: John 15:1-8 A reading from the Gospel of John. Glory to you, O Lord. [Jesus said:] “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit. You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as…
Fouth Sunday of Easter
Gospel: John 10:11-18 A reading from the Gospel of John. Glory to you, O Lord. [Jesus said:] “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away—and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. The hired hand runs away because a…
Second Sunday of Easter
Processional Gospel: John 20:19-31 A reading from the Gospel of John. Glory to you, O Lord. 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 them and said, “Peace be with you.” After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the…
Palm Sunday
Processional Gospel: John 12:12-16 A reading from the Gospel of John. Glory to you, O Lord. [Five days before the Passover] the great crowd that had come to the festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, shouting, “Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord— the King of Israel!” Jesus…
Fourth Sunday in Lent
Gospel: John 3:14-21 A reading from the Gospel of John. Glory to you, O Lord. [Jesus said:] “Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.…
Third Sunday in Lent
GOSPEL READING John 2:13-22 The Holy Gospel according to John. Glory to you, O Lord. The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. He also poured…
Second Sunday after Epiphany
GOSPEL READING John 1:43-51 The Holy Gospel according to Luke. Glory to you, O Lord.The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him about whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph…
Third Sunday of Advent
READING Luke 1:46b-55 A reading from Luke [Mary Said:] My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for you, Lord, have looked with favor on your lowly servant. From this day all generations will call me blessed: you, the Almighty, have done great things for me and holy is your name. You have mercy on those who fear you, from…
Pentecost Sunday
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 them and said, “Peace be with you.” After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be…