Sermon – Sunday, September 12, 2021/Rev. Christian M. Wood
“For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.” What do you think of when Jesus says that? Jesus says this right after calling one of his most trusted friends Peter, Satan. This elicits a specific response because we know who Jesus...
Sermon – Saturday, September 11, 2021/Rev. Christian M. Wood
On September 10, 2001, I was leaving the main campus of John Jay College of Criminal Justice, on 59th Street and 10th Ave., to walk to the N train stop on 57th Street and 7th Ave. As I left the building, it was a typically hot summer day in NYC. I can feel the sticky...
Sermon – Sunday, August 29, 2021/Rev. Charleston D. Wilson
St. Mark said, “When the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around him, they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with defiled hands, that is, without washing them.” My goal today is simply to disclose a couple of things...
Sermon – Sunday, August 15, 2021/Rev. David M. Svihel
“He has brought down the powerful from their thrones and lifted up the lowly.” I don’t know about you, but I have never seen an angel…But… I have seen “Touched by an Angel.” For those of you who don’t know, “Touched by an Angel” was a television show popular in the...
Sermon — Sunday, July 11, 2021 — Fr. Chris Wood
The term Gospel is from the Greek word εὐαγγέλιον (Euangelion), which means the announcement of good news. All three synoptic accounts, Mark, Matthew, and Luke, use this term to, in some way, describe the life of Jesus. Every time we read the Gospel in a liturgical...
Sermon – Sunday, 27 June 2021/Rev. Deacon David M. Svihel
Mark 5:21-43 “Go in peace, your faith has saved you” Have you ever been in a situation so dire, in such great need, so out of your control, that you could not help yourself and you knew that only God could get you out of it? In today’s lesson from the Gospel According...
Sermon – Sunday, May 16, 2021/Deacon David M. Svihel
The Seventh Sunday of Easter 1 John 5:9-13 In the 2006 comedy Talladega Nights, Will Ferrell plays a NASCAR driver named Ricky Bobby. Ricky is the all-American man, complete with fast food sponsorships and children named Walker and Texas Ranger. And like any good...
Sermon – Sunday May 9, 2021/Rev. Christian M. Wood
In the Gospel lesson today, Jesus used several keywords that are essential to understanding what he is talking about. Love, abide, commandments, joy, and friends are some of the important terms Jesus uses. I want us to focus on the term Joy for a little while. The...
Sermon – Ascension Day/Rev. Dr. Fredrick A. Robinson
A teacher asked the children in her Sunday School class, “If I sold my house and my car, had a big garage sale and gave all my money to the church, would that get me into heaven?" "NO!" the children all answered. "If I cleaned the church every day, mowed the yard, and...