Sermons

Sermons

Third Sunday of Easter

Gospel: Luke 24:36b-48  A reading from the Gospel of Luke. Glory to you, O Lord. Jesus himself stood among [the disciples] and said to them, “Peace be with you.” They were startled and terrified, and thought that they were seeing a ghost. He said to them, “Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? Look at my hands and my feet; see that it is I…

Second Sunday of Easter

Processional Gospel: John 20:19-31 A reading from the Gospel of 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…

Resurrection of Our Lord

Processional Gospel: Mark 16:1-8 A reading from the Gospel of Mark. Glory to you, O Lord. When the sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint [Jesus’ body]. And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. They had been saying to one another, “Who…

Palm Sunday

Processional Gospel: John 12:12-16 A reading from the Gospel of John. Glory to you, O Lord. [Five days before the Passover] the great crowd that had come to the festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, shouting, “Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord— the King of Israel!” Jesus…

Fifth Sunday in Lent

Gospel: John 12:20-33 A reading from the Gospel of John. Glory to you, O Lord. Now among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks. They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” Philip went and told Andrew; then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the…

Fourth Sunday in Lent

Gospel: John 3:14-21 A reading from the Gospel of John. Glory to you, O Lord. [Jesus said:] “Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.…

Third Sunday in Lent

GOSPEL READING John 2:13-22 The Holy Gospel according to John. Glory to you, O Lord. The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. He also poured…

Second Sunday in Lent

GOSPEL READING Mark 8:31-38 The Holy Gospel according to Mark. Glory to you, O Lord. [Jesus] began to teach [the disciples] that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. He said all this quite openly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. But…

First Sunday in Lent

GOSPEL READING Mark 1:9-15 The Holy Gospel according to Mark. Glory to you, O Lord. In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him. And a voice came from heaven, “You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am…

Transfiguration of Our Lord

GOSPEL READING Mark 9:2-9 The Holy Gospel according to Mark. Glory to you, O Lord. Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no one on earth could bleach them. And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, who were…