June 28, 2020
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our risen Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Today we heard Jesus say: Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a… Read More »
June 21, 2020
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Today St. Paul teaches us: Let not sin, therefore, reign in your mortal bodies. You’ll notice he did not say, “don’t let sin happen.” That would be, as you well know, impossible. There is not one… Read More »
June 14, 2020
Grace, peace, and mercy be yours in Jesus’ name. Amen. Weddings are a wonderful thing. They are a time of celebration with dancing, singing, and joy. There are many traditions for weddings that have come and gone through the ages. Preparations are made. Meals are planned. The wedding service is planned and practiced. There is… Read More »
June 7, 2020
Grace to you and peace, in Jesus’ Holy Name. Amen. This is the Sunday when we pull out that big ‘ol Athanasian Creed. It does go on a bit, doesn’t it? Creeds. We have three of them: The Apostles’ Creed. It was not written by the Apostles but was a creed, or statement of belief,… Read More »
May 31, 2020
Grace, mercy, and peace to you in Jesus’ name. Amen. Our Lord Jesus Christ has kept His word and promise to send another Helper to be with us always.1 A Helper to teach us, and keep us in, who Jesus really is. This Helper is the Spirit of the Lord Himself; the third person of… Read More »
May 24, 2020
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our risen and ascended Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. The reading we heard today, from the book of Acts, tells us what the Church did during time between Jesus’ ascension into heaven (which we celebrated last week) and the arrival of the… Read More »
May 17, 2020
Jesus has ascended and is seated at His Father’s right hand. What does that mean? He is at work with us and within our hearts. Jesus calls us to faithful service with the promise that He will always be at our side, that He will enable us to accomplish everything He asks us to do,… Read More »
May 9, 2020
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our risen and living Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. In the Holy Gospel we listened as Jesus said, “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.1” That statement is not a command. Jesus is not telling us what we should do… Read More »
May 3, 2020
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our risen, living, Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Alleluia! Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia! When someone is invited to your house as a guest you usually prepare. You clean, straighten things up, pick up, dust and vacuum. Maybe you… Read More »
