• The Economy of Heaven

    A sermon for Septuagesima, by Father Dan Suelzle. The parable of the laborers in the vineyard instructs us in the economy of heaven, where God’s generosity subverts human ways of operating. While our world demands that we earn our keep through merit and hard work, the Master in the parable makes the last equal to… Read more

  • The Centerpiece of Our Life

    This post is part of a new “Why We Do What We Do” series, explaining the biblical and historic practices of the Church. “All of life flows out of and back to the Divine Service.” It is a simple saying, but it expresses something profoundly important about the Christian life. The Divine Service as the… Read more

  • From “Sight” to Blindness to Sight

    A sermon for the Conversion of Saint Paul, from Father Josh Leigeber. In this homily, we are reminded that our failure to recognize Christ is not merely ignorance, but spiritual blindness caused by sin. Paul’s conversion makes this clear: convinced he was serving God, he was in fact persecuting Christ Himself, and only the risen… Read more

  • Our Father & Mother

    A sermon for the Second Sunday after Epiphany, by Fr. Josh Leigeber. At the wedding at Cana, Jesus reveals the mystery of His love for the Church. The Church is the Bride of Christ and our Mother, through whom God gives us new birth, nourishment, and care by His Word and Sacraments. Christ’s first miracle… Read more

  • Why the Church Uses Incense

    This post is part of a new “Why We Do What We Do” series, explaining the biblical and historic practices of the Church. THE CHURCH HAS RECEIVED THE USE OF INCENSE as part of her worship from the beginning of her life. Long before denominational divisions, long before the modern suspicion of ceremony, the Church… Read more

  • Receiving the Body of Christ with Reverence

    This post is part of a new “Why We Do What We Do” series, explaining the biblical and historic practices of the Church. FROM THE EARLIEST CENTURIES OF THE CHURCH, Christians have approached the Holy Sacrament with fear, love, and deep reverence. The way we receive the Body of Christ is never a matter of… Read more