Sermons

In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. AMEN. I once had a classmate in seminary who was baptized in a church where they used full emersion.  Each candidate for baptism was dunked in the water.  But, not only where they fully immersed three times – a practice in various parts of the Church – they were continually immersed until they came up speaking...Read More

In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. AMEN. Jesus said "If a man loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him." Have you ever seen the sign, home is where the heart is?  What does that mean?  How do we understand the word home?  I have been thinking about that this week. I...Read More

In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. AMEN. It was an arranged marriage.  He was a pagan, Monica a Christian.  Monica’s mother-in- law lived with them.  Monica’s husband was prone to a violent temper.  His mother was not easy to live with.  Through many years of patience, prayer, and daily examples of love and kindness,...Read More

In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. AMEN. My mother was a church secretary for 26 years.  I remember being in the office on the first day that she used a computer.  She had taken secretarial classes in high school and learned on a manual typewriter.  She had used an IBM selectric for years. She began typing on the computer, and when she got to the...Read More

In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. AMEN. As many of you know, I am a member of a religious community called “The Oratory of the Good Shepherd”.  I was attracted to many things in this community – the fellowship, its international membership, the rule of life.  But, interestingly, until I became a member of the Oratory, I had not been...Read More

Sermon Presented by Mr. Barry Neville “ Do you love me more than these” These powerful words are central to the message of the Gospel of John as found in today’s lectionary readings. In fact, the Gospel is full of important theological imagery, which helps understand the ministry of Jesus and his Disciples. The Disciples had left Jerusalem and were fishing on the Sea of...Read More

In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. AMEN. The second Sunday of Easter is always “Doubting Thomas Sunday”.  Every year, the gospel lesson is the same – the story of the disciples seeing the risen Lord and then telling St. Thomas, who will not believe until he sees Jesus for himself.  And not only sees Jesus, but needs to touch his...Read More

In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. AMEN. This morning, I want to quote two famous people.  I begin in an unlikely place.  With John Lennon, and the words from the song “Imagine”: Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people living for today Imagine there's no countries It isn't...Read More