• Sin and Death Undone

    A sermon for the Twenty-First Sunday after Trinity, by Fr. Dan Suelzle. This past Sunday’s sermon draws upon Isaiah’s vision of a future feast on Mount Zion where God will eternally defeat death, which is the consequence of sin. While sin and death are enemies too great for mankind to conquer, Jesus began fulfilling this promise… Read more

  • A Communion of Saints

    A sermon for the Feast of All Saints, by Fr. Josh Leigeber. What does it mean to be a “saint”? Not fundamentally someone in stained-glass, or someone who performed famous miracles — but simply this: one who is baptized into Christ. One born again of water and the Spirit. One united to the only Holy… Read more

  • The Great Physician of Soul & Body

    A sermon for the Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity, by Fr. Josh Leigeber. In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus heals a paralyzed man — not merely by restoring his legs, but by forgiving his sins. Father Leigeber preaches that this miracle reveals something deeper: Christ is the physician of our souls first, and then of our bodies.… Read more

  • Rightly-Ordered Love

    A sermon for the Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity, by Fr. Josh Leigeber. In this past Sunday’s Gospel, a lawyer asks Jesus which commandment in the Law is the greatest. Our Lord answers that the first and great commandment is to love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind, and the second… Read more

  • Enter Into the Rest of Your Lord

    A sermon for the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity, by Fr. Dan Suelzle. In this Sunday’s Gospel reading, Jesus’ healing on the Sabbath and His teaching about places of honor at a feast both confront the same issue—human self-righteousness. As the Pharisees watch Him, hoping to accuse Him of breaking Sabbath law, Jesus exposes their misunderstanding:… Read more

  • The God Who Raises the Dead

    A sermon for the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity, by Fr. Jerome Leckband. In Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus meets a funeral procession in the town of Nain and restores life to the dead son of a widowed mother. This account reveals the very heart of our Lord: He is the God of power, who can raise the dead;… Read more