Sermons

 

Sermon - March 16

In today's sermon, Fr. Young tells us that God has been urging, nudging and pushing us toward goodness and life and salvation. We occasionally cooperate but frequently resist.

Sermon - March 9

On this first Sunday in Lent, we read the Gospel story of our Lord's temptation in the wilderness. Fr. Jordan tells us that this forms the basis for this season of Lent. In imitation of Christ, we are asked to fast and pray and focus on these disciplines as ways of growing in holiness.

Sermon - Ash Wednesday

"You are dust and to dust you shall return," we are told every Ash Wednesday. Fr. Jordan tells us that we are invited here today to hear this repeated to us. There is wisdom in knowing that time is not unlimited. Now is the time to start getting things right with God, with others and within ourselves.

Sermon - March 2

The Transfiguration is the very center of the Gospel, Fr. Rogers preaches today. It is the very heart of it, because it reveals not only who Jesus is but who we are called to become.

Sermon - Feb. 23

Everyone is an evangelist and a missionary, Fr. Jordan tells us today. Every day we have an opportunity to share the gifts and riches of our faith with others. St. Paul says others will not hear the Good News unless they have a preacher and that is all of us.

Sermon - Feb. 16

The Resurrection of Jesus Christ is the heart of the Christian gospel, Fr. Jordan tells us today. It is the truth on which everything else hangs. Christianity isn't a preference. Something happened: Jesus was dead and then He was alive.

Sermon - Feb. 9

In today's Gospel, Fr. John tells us, Jesus is asking Peter to trust him. He's inviting Peter to go deeper in faith. Peter becomes a model for all of us. He doesn't want to do what he's being asked to do, but he does it anyway. And he finds an incredible abundance, more than he could have ever imagined.

Sermon - Feb. 2

Bishop Ackerman visits today and preaches on the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple. Simeon has the deep privilege of being able to see the Messiah, to hold Him and to give Him a blessing. He is the blessing!

Sermon - Jan. 26

Today Fr. Rogers preaches on how to receive, respond and then rejoice in the Word of God. It starts with letting God speak. We then must listen with a purpose.

Sermon - Jan. 19

Today Fr. Jordan preaches about the Wedding at Cana. Changing the water into wine is Jesus' first sign, an opportunity for Him to reveal the glory of God. Jesus often describes heaven as a wedding reception. His miracle at Cana points us to the fact that heaven and earth are joined together.

Sermon - Jan. 12

"Faith is when you think you're alone and then you find out that you're not," quotes Fr. Jordan in his sermon about the Baptism of Christ. At Jesus' baptism, Jesus is reassuring us that we are never alone. At the baptism, our Lord wants to identify Himself publicly with all of us in all aspects of our life.

Sermon - Jan. 5

Today is the Feast of the Epiphany. Fr. Jordan tells us that the arrival of the Magi reminds us that Jesus has come for all people. The Magi are outsiders, gentiles. In Jesus, God has come to invite all people everywhere into a relationship with Him.

Sermon - Dec. 29

On this First Sunday of Christmas, Fr. Rogers tells us that in Jesus, God speaks to us. God engages in a 2 way relationship in which He expresses Himself completely in His eternal word - His son, His wisdom.

Christmas Sermon

Fr. Jordan preaches this Christmas Eve about joy, the gigantic secret of the Christian faith. Joy is what every single person longs for but seems to be out of reach for so many. The joy that we have from knowing Jesus Christ is one of the greatest gifts of the Christian faith and one of the great gifts that Christian people can give to a hurting world.