A sermon for the Sunday within the Octave of Epiphany, by Fr. Dan Suelzle.
The Church is the body of Christ; a holy and set apart community who recognize that we are not our own. All that we have and all that we are is a pure gift from our merciful Father. In light of this, we offer our bodies as a living, holy, and acceptable sacrifice to God. Such a sacrifice takes tangible shape in the life of the Church as we are about our Father’s business. Rather than being conformed to the things of this world, we instead rejoice that our minds have been renewed and transformed, which has profound implications for how we live. We speak forgiveness to one another; we gather around the gifts of Word and Sacrament; we encourage and uplift one another with God’s promises—all because of the merciful sacrifice of Christ our Lord for us. Listen to the entire sermon below.
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