So I guess one could say that our liturgical year starts with a bang! Although we may have come to expect it, we know that our season of Advent is about preparing for the return of the Lord, those texts we read from the Gospel about the end of times are always unsettling and difficult…
Month: November 2025
Proper 29 (C) Christ the King – Forgiveness for the criminals (Luke 23: 33-43)
Today is the “Last Sunday after Pentecost”, the last Sunday of the liturgical year, which means that it is also the last time we read from Luke’s Gospel. Next week, we’ll be in Advent and we’ll start reading from the Gospel of Matthew. The cycle is complete, and we will be leaving Luke’s with this…
Proper 27 (C) – Trusting God’s Power (Luke 20: 27-38)
Now you may know this joke that says: If you go talk to a shrink, they’ll make it all about sex. That is, unless you talk about sex. Then they’ll say it’s about power, obviously. Well, I know it’s probably not the best way to open a sermon but that’s kind of what was on…
All Saints’ Sunday / All Souls’ Homecoming – Called to hope (Ephesians 1: 11-23)
“I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus-Christ, the Father of Glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know Him, so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may know what is the hope to which He has called you, what are the riches of…