Sermons from 2023 (Page 2)
Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Matthew 18:21-35 ForgivenessThen Peter came and said to [Jesus], “Lord, if my brother or sister sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times.”The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant“For this reason the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts…
Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Matthew 18:15-20 The Holy Gospel according to Matthew. Glory to you, O Lord.[Jesus said to the disciples:] “If another member of the church sins against you, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member listens to you, you have regained that one. But if you are not listened to, take one or two others along with you, so that every word may be…
fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Matthew 16:21-28 Jesus Foretells His Death and ResurrectionFrom that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering at the hands of the elders and chief priests and scribes and be killed and on the third day be raised. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “God forbid it, Lord! This must never happen…
Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Matthew 16:13-20 The Holy Gospel according to Matthew. Glory to you, O Lord. Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, but others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon…
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
Matthew 15:[10-20] 21-28 The holy gospel according to Matthew. Glory to you, O Lord. [Jesus] called the crowd to him and said to them, “Listen and understand: it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles.” Then the disciples approached and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees took offense when they…
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
SCRIPTUREMatthew 14:22-33 (NRSVUE) The Holy Gospel according to Matthew. Glory to you, O Lord.[Jesus] made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side [of the Sea of Galilee], while he dismissed the crowds. And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, but by this time the…
Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
GOSPEL Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew. Glory to you, O Lord. [Jesus] put before [the crowds] another parable: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field; but while everybody was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and then went away. So when the plants came up and…
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew. Glory to you, O Lord.That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach. And he told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen! A sower went out to sow. And as he…
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…
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Matthew 10:24-39 “A disciple is not above the teacher nor a slave above the master;it is enough for the disciple to be like the teacher and the slave like the master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household! Whom to Fear “So have no fear of them, for nothing is covered up that will not be uncovered and…