Sermons from 2024
Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Gospel: Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 A reading from the Gospel of Mark. Glory to you, O Lord. Now when the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around [Jesus], they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with defiled hands, that is, without washing them. (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they thoroughly wash…
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…
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…
Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
Gospel: Mark 6:14-29 A reading from the Gospel of Mark. Glory to you, O Lord. King Herod heard of it, for Jesus’ name had become known. Some were saying, “John the baptizer has been raised from the dead; and for this reason these powers are at work in him.” But others said, “It is Elijah.” And others said, “It is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.” But when Herod…
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
Gospel: Mark 6:1-13 A reading from the Gospel of Mark. Glory to you, O Lord. [Jesus] came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him. On the sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astounded. They said, “Where did this man get all this? What is this wisdom that has been given to him? What deeds of power are being done by his hands! Is…
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
GOSPEL Mark 4:1-9 The holy gospel according to Mark. Glory to you, O Lord. Again he began to teach beside the sea. Such a very large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat on the sea and sat there, while the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land. He began to teach them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them: Listen! A sower went out…