Sermons on John
Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Gospel: John 6:56-69 A reading from the Gospel of John Glory to you, O Lord. [Jesus said,] “Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your ancestors ate, and they…
Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Gospel: John 6:51-58 A reading from the Gospel of John. Glory to you, O Lord. [Jesus said,] “I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.” The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” So Jesus said to…
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
Gospel: John 6:35, 41-51 A reading from the Gospel of John Glory to you, O Lord. Jesus said to [the crowd,] “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” Then the Jews began to complain about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” They were saying, “Is not this Jesus, the…
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
Gospel: John 6:24-35 A reading from the Gospel of John. Glory to you, O Lord. When the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were [beside the sea,] they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum looking for Jesus. When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?” Jesus answered them, “Very truly, I tell…
Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
Gospel: John 6:1-21 A reading from the Gospel of John. Glory to you, O Lord. After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also called the Sea of Tiberias. A large crowd kept following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing for the sick. Jesus went up the mountain and sat down there with his disciples. Now the Passover, the festival of the…
Trinity Sunday
John 3:1-17 The holy gospel according to John.Glory to you, O Lord. Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. He came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do apart from the presence of God.” Jesus answered him, “Very truly, I tell you, no…
Day of Pentecost
Reading: Acts 2:1-21 A reading from the book of Acts. When the day of Pentecost had come, [the apostles] were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them…
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…