In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. It will come as no great surprise to many of you that When I was much much younger, I wanted something terrible to be a wizard when I grew up. This was really career option number one, except it […]
Sermon Topic: Mary & Martha
So that they may believe
In today’s second reading which comes from the Gospel of John, we are brought to Bethany, to the tomb of Lazarus, four days after his death. We meet Mary and Martha—grieving, disappointed, and perhaps even a little angry. “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” They had faith, yes—but also […]
Mary and Martha of Bethany
The last in a Lenten series of five sermons on Women of Faith
Almighty God, whose Son Jesus Christ enjoyed the fellowship and hospitality of Mary and Martha of Bethany: Open our hearts to love thee, open our ears to hear thee, and our hands to welcome and serve thee in others, through Jesus Christ our Lord who with thee and the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth, one […]
Showing Mercy, Abroad and at Home
In the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Amen. Our gospel reading today, from Luke, is the story about Martha and Mary, two sisters who welcome Jesus into their home. But before we look at them, I’d like to remind us of our gospel reading from last week, which directly precedes […]
At the Feet of Jesus
All of the gospels, whether Matthew, Mark, Luke or John were written by men who had either been eye witnesses to Jesus as he lived and breathed and taught and died and rose again, or they were associates of the men who were eye witnesses to the same. And when evangelists set down to write […]
