As Christians, we have a unique and blessed perspective on history. From this perspective, we can avoid pitfalls on either side. On the one hand is ignorance of history. “Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it,” is a saying with extra weight when it comes to
John 12:24-43 EHV 24 Amen, Amen, I tell you: Unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it continues to be one kernel. But if it dies, it produces much grain. 25 Anyone who loves his life destroys it. And the
The Passion History According to St. Luke can be read here.
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Ephesians 5:1-9, Evangelical Heritage Version 5 Therefore, be imitators of God as his dearly loved children. 2 And walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself for us, as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to
Matthew 15:21-28 Evangelical Heritage Version (EHV) The Faith of a Canaanite Woman 21 Jesus left that place and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22 There a Canaanite woman from that territory came and kept crying out, “Have
This Sunday, the first Sunday in Lent, is known as "Invocavit" Sunday. Jesus gives His victory over temptation and Satan to us who are born losers. We stand before God as winners. Jesus also shows us the way to victory: use the Word of God to fight Satan and his temptations.
This Sunday in the Church Year is known as Quinquagesima-- the Latin word for "50." It marks 50 days before the Resurrection of our Lord and is the last of the pre-Lent Sundays. The teaching for the day is Love: in all its glory and wonder, the love of God to man, the love of man to God, and in Christ, the love of man to his fellow. The emphasis of this Sunday is how we are saved by faith alone ("Sola Fide"). We look straight ahead to the goal of the next 50 days: Holy Week, with Jesus' suffering and dying, and Easter with His glorious resurrection which we share by faith.
Sermon for the Feast of St. Matthias, based on Matthew 11:25-30. Let us learn from Jesus to trust that God is at work in the Gospel.