Sunday Morning Worship celebrating the Feast of All Saints, Nov. 2, 2025
During today’s worship, we are reminded of the great cloud of witnesses, those who have finished their lives in persevering in, and contending for, the faith. We are reminded that their being has not ended, but they are gathered round the throne of God worshiping Him with their entire souls, and in doing so, they find joy and everlasting triumph. Finally, we are reminded that in our worship, we ascend into heaven and join with them around the Throne of God and of The Lamb and the Sevenfold Spirit of God. Let this reality be with us every time we gather for worship! Propers Manuscript Sermon Archive
Sermon, 19th Sunday after Trinity, 2025
Those who are outside of the Body of Christ, necessarily measure all things in relationship to themselves. However once we are brought into the church through baptism, the reference point for all of our actions, words, and thoughts, becomes Christ. From this point on, we are challenged to conform our lives more and more to Jesus. This journey of Transformation into the image of Christ lasts through our entire life. Christ is our beginning, middle, and end. Propers Manuscript Sermon Archive
Homily for the Feast of St. Luke, 2025
In Colossians 4, St. Paul refers to, “Luke the beloved physician.” From this, the church has traditionally held that St. Luke was a doctor, skilled in treating ailments of the body. But Luke was also the author of the Gospel that bears his name and of the Acts of the Apostles, and he was also a companion of St. Paul in his missionary activities. From this we understand that he sought to heal souls as well. In this feast day, we are reminded that we are created as a union of both body and soul. Our ultimate healing is in Christ who heals our souls and promises that, in the life…
Sermon, 17th Sunday after Trinity, 2025
Love Unites, Pride Isolates The idea of union is central to Christine theology and doctrine, and in today’s lesson from the beginning of the 4th chapter of St. Paul’s Epistle to the Ephesians, the Apostle highlights the union of all things in God with majestic poetry. “There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.” Yet this is contrasted by the Pharisees in the lesson from the Gospel of St. Luke, who seek their own glory in pride. …
Sermon, 15th Sunday after Trinity, 2025
The frailty of man without God cannot but fall. This haunting clause from the collect for the 15th Sunday after Trinity permeates our lessons today. In Galatians 6, we see men striving through circumcision for their own righteousness apart from God. This endeavor is bound to fall. In Matthew 6, we see men also striving to meet their physical needs apart from God. We focus upon getting things for ourselves to protect from calamity and refuse to rest in the provision that God will supply. Our efforts apart from God are bound to fall. What do we do? Seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things shall…
Sermon, 14th Sunday after Trinity, 2025
This Sunday, we are reading the 12th and final Homily in the first book of homilies, which is entitled: A Sermon Against Contention and Brawling These sermons have been edited to shorten them and to update the language, with the intent of maintaining the content, or at least the core meaning. The original texts of the homilies can be found in the manuscripts after the edited texts that were preached. For background on these homilies, see the links below. At the time these homilies were written, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, there was great religious turmoil in England. The Reformation had brought Protestantism to the Church of England,…
Sermon, 13th Sunday After Trinity, 2025
This Sunday, we are reading the 11th Homily in the first book of homilies, which is entitled: A Sermon Against Whoredom and Uncleanness These sermons have been edited to shorten them and to update the language, with the intent of maintaining the content, or at least the core meaning. The original texts of the homilies can be found in the manuscripts after the edited texts that were preached. For background on these homilies, see the links below. We 21st century Christians tend to romanticize the past, thinking that hundreds of years ago in Britain, everyone was Christian in thought and deed. The 11th homily, though, begins by condemning the cavalier…
Sunday Morning Worship, 12th Sunday after Trinity, Sept. 7, 2025
This Sunday, we are reading the 10th Homily in the first book of homilies, which is entitled: An Exhortation Concerning Good Order And Obedience to Rulers and Magistrates These sermons have been edited to shorten them and to update the language, with the intent of maintaining the content, or at least the core meaning. The original texts of the homilies can be found in the manuscripts after the edited texts that were preached. For background on these homilies, see the links below. The 10th homily begins by noting the intricate order that God embedded in Creation, and, as part of Creation, within human society and individual persons as well. …
Sermon, 11th Sunday after Trinity, 2025
This Sunday, we are reading the 9th Homily in the first book of homilies, which is entitled: An Exhortation Against the Fear of Death These sermons have been edited to shorten them and to update the language, with the intent of maintaining the content, or at least the core meaning. The original texts of the homilies can be found in the manuscripts after the edited texts that were preached. For background on these homilies, see the links below. The 9th homily begins by noting that unsaved men dread death for three reasons: 1) They enjoy their comforts in this life and do not wish to lose them, 2) They lack…
Sermon, 10th Sunday after Trinity, 2025
This Sunday, we are reading the 8th Homily in the first book of homilies, which is entitled: A Sermon How Dangerous a Thing It Is To Fall From God These sermons have been edited to shorten them and to update the language, with the intent of maintaining the content, or at least the core meaning. The original texts of the homilies can be found in the manuscripts after the edited texts that were preached. For background on these homilies, see the links below. The 8th homily warns us to not allow sin or selfishness to separate us from God. God is long-suffering, but He will not impose Himself on any…