Sermons

Today we hear the story of Jesus rampaging through the temple at a time close to the Passover. Today we hear the story when Jesus, filled with righteous anger, destroyed or damaged the property of...

Today's gospel passage comes at approximately the halfway point of Mark. There are sixteen chapters in that gospel, and today's passages comes from the end of Chapter 8. Now you might be tempted to...

There are a few days on the Church calendar when we get the same reading every year: Christmas and the first Sunday after Christmas, Epiphany, Ash Wednesday, Holy Week and the second Sunday of...

Today, more than any other day on the Church calendar, we are reminded of our own mortality. In a few minutes I will ask you to kneel before the Lord as a mark of our mortal nature. And a few...

The Gospel of Mark begins with this sentence: “The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.” And then Mark plows ahead into the story. He rapidly moves from John the...