In the Name of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost. Amen. This is the sixth sermon in our series on the Apostles’ Creed, as we take it phrase by phrase. The Apostles’ Creed, which is the creed of Holy Baptism in Western Christianity, is used at Morning and Evening Prayer […]
Sermon Topic: Apostles' Creed Series
And Sitteth On the Right Hand of God the Father Almighty
In the Name of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost. Amen. In its second paragraph, the Apostles’ Creed goes step by step through the mighty acts of our Lord Jesus Christ on our behalf for our salvation. Each step has a particular, powerful significance: He was “conceived by the Holy […]
I Believe in the Holy Ghost
In the name of God: Father, Son and Holy Ghost. It is fitting that on this second Sunday of Easter we turn our attention to the beginning of the last section of the Apostles’ Creed: “I believe in the Holy Ghost.” Though we are, of course, still in the season of the celebration of the […]
The Holy Catholic Church
In the Name of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost. Amen. In the Apostles’ Creed, the statement of belief in “the holy catholic Church” refers to the visible Church on earth. Much as we may love Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue in the City and County of New York, our […]
The Communion of Saints; The Forgiveness of Sins
The Communion of Saints I recall once reading a children’s story about a tick who sat on a dog, and the dog lived with a family in a house, on a street, in a town, that was in the center of a county, of a certain state in our nation that is seated on the […]
The Resurrection of the Body, and the Life Everlasting. Amen.
Before it ends with belief in life everlasting, the Creed affirms “the resurrection of the body.” Thus the end of the Creed reminds us that we are human beings all the way to the end. To be human is to be a complex reality that is generally talked about as having both body and soul. […]
I Believe
In the Name of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost. Amen. This is the first of a series of fifteen sermons at Sunday Choral Evensong by the clergy of Saint Thomas on the Apostles’ Creed. The sermons will take the whole creed, phrase by phrase, right to the end. By […]
I Believe in One God
This is the 2nd sermon in our series on the Apostles’ Creed, a series that we plan to continue at every Sunday Evensong (save Palm Sunday and Easter Day) through May 22. What we hope is that you will take these coming weeks as an opportunity to immerse yourself deeply in the core truths of […]
The Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth
When thou saidst, seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek. Psalm 27.8 As a continuation of our series on the Apostle’s Creed, it is my task tonight to take up the line, “The Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth” and to do so we must rouse […]
And in Jesus Christ, His Only Son Our Lord
“Teaching the senators wisdom”. Well, this senator heard from his esteemed junior colleague, Michael, a piece of wisdom after the first sermon in the series was preached by our learned Victor, the Theologian in Residence, who, Michael declared “had set the bar high.” High indeed. All I can do is to take a deep breath […]
