“Do not be afraid! I know that you are seeking Jesus the crucified. He is not here, for he has been raised just as he said.” Three days ago, as the Lord ordained as His first priests the men who are today called to be the witnesses of His Resurrection, He told them that, […]
Read more "“Do Not Be Afraid” — Sermon for Easter Sunday of the Resurrection, A.D. MMXXVI"“Jesus knew that his hour had come to pass from this world to the Father. … Fully aware that the Father had put everything into his power and that he had come from God and was returning to God, he rose from supper and took off his outer garments.” To perpetuate the Memorial He […]
Read more "“To Be Friends of the Lord” — Sermon for Maundy Thursday, A.D. MMXXVI"“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! … Hosanna in the highest!” Today, as Christ enters Jerusalem, the crowds are raucous with joy. Today they welcome the Lord. In five short days, they will condemn Him: “His blood be on us and on our children!” (Mt 27:25). Lest we […]
Read more "“Blessed is He Who Comes in the Name of the Lord” — Sermon for Palm Sunday, A.D. MMXXVI"So Thomas, called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go to die with him.” Today is Passion Sunday. The veils over the images in the church starkly remind us that we stand at the doorway of Holy Week, of those sacred days when we will contemplate the Passion and death of the […]
Read more "“Going to Die with Him” — Sermon for Passion Sunday, A.D. MMXXVI"“It is so that the works of God might be made visible through him.” Once again today, our Lord does what no one has done before. Last Sunday, the Samaritan woman encountered a man who told her everything she had ever done – could he be the Christ? Today, the Lord opens the eyes […]
Read more "“Seeing and Being Light” — Sermon for the IV Sunday of Lent, A.D. MMXXVI"“Come see a man who told me everything I have done. Could he possibly be the Christ?” If you don’t know that you’re a sinner, you miss out on the best part, and we keep falling into sin because we’re more of afraid of Heaven than of Hell, afraid that following Christ will mean […]
Read more "“Being Seen” — Sermon for the III Sunday of Lent, A.D. MMXXVI"If you don’t know that you’re a sinner, you miss out on the best part. That’s where we started Lent last Sunday, with the recognition that we need a healthy sense of sin to experience the magnitude of God’s mercy. Today, we see another motivation without which sinfulness and mercy don’t make sense: the […]
Read more "“You Are Immortal” — Sermon for the II Sunday of Lent, A.D. MMXXVI"It’s incredible how popular Ash Wednesday is. The simple ritual of placing ashes on people’s heads captures the imagination of the whole world. In the days of a thoroughly Christian West, our lives were constantly punctuated by these sorts of rituals, but this, along with Palm Sunday, to which it is so closely connected, […]
Read more "“Sin is Real” — Sermon for the I Sunday of Lent, A.D. MMXXVI"“Rend your hearts, not your garments, and return to the LORD, your God. … Perhaps he will again relent and leave behind him a blessing.” It’s a strange note on which to begin Lent, this “perhaps.” Perhaps God will forgive seems to imply, perhaps He won’t. Doesn’t this contradict what we were just told […]
Read more "“Perhaps God Will Relent” — Sermon for Ash Wednesday, A.D. MMXXVI"“Whoever is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; … and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ will be liable to fiery Gehenna.” It’s clear that we have a problem with anger. Whether it’s the news or social media, or the way that people respond to the employees at stores and restaurants, there are […]
Read more "“Overcoming Anger” — Sermon for the VI Sunday through the Year, A.D. MMXXVI"
Father Gregerson 