Sermons from January 2024
Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
GOSPEL READING Mark 1:21-28 The Holy Gospel according to Mark. Glory to you, O Lord. The Man with an Unclean Spirit [Jesus and the disciples] went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, he entered the synagogue and taught. They were astounded at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority and not as the scribes.Just then there was in their synagogue a man…
Third Sunday after Epiphany
GOSPEL READING Mark 1:14-20 The Holy Gospel according to Mark. Glory to you, O Lord. Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news.” As Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a…
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…
Epiphany Sunday
Matthew 2:1-12 The Holy Gospel according to Matthew. Glory to you, O Lord. In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage.” When King Herod heard this, he was frightened,…
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…