Sermons by Don Bennett
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 The holy gospel according to Mark. Glory to you, O Lord. 30 The apostles gathered around Jesus, and told him all that they had done and taught. 31 He said to them, “Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.” For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat. 32 And they went away in the boat to a deserted…
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…
First Sunday of Christmas
Luke 2:22-40 The holy gospel according to John.Glory to you, O Lord. When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is written in the law of the Lord, ‘Every firstborn male shall be designated as holy to the Lord’), and they offered a sacrifice according to what is stated in the…
Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Matthew 25:1-13 The holy gospel according to Matthew. Glory to you, O Lord. [Jesus said to the disciples:] “Then the kingdom of heaven will be like this. Ten brides-maids took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. When the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them; but the wise took flasks of oil with their…
Christ the King Sunday
Matthew 25:31-46 The holy gospel according to Matthew. Glory to you, O Lord. [Jesus said to the disciples:] “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats,…
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew.Glory to you, O Lord. [Jesus spoke to the crowd saying:] “To what will I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to one another, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not mourn.’ For John came neither eating nor…
Second Sunday of Easter
John 20:19-31 The holy gospel according to 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 disciples rejoiced when…
Name of Jesus Sunday
Luke 2:15-21 The Holy Gospel according to Luke.Glory to you, O Lord. When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go now to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us.” So they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the child lying in the manger. When they saw this, they…
First Sunday of Advent
Matthew 24:36-44 The holy gospel according to Matthew. Glory to you, O Lord. “But about that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. For as the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until…
Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Luke 16:1-13 The Holy Gospel according to Luke.Glory to you, O Lord. Then Jesus said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was squandering his property. So he summoned him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give me an accounting of your management, because you cannot be my manager any…
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