November 2025

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In the Name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Except for the young among us, we all have memories to some degree and in some ways of “good ol’ days”. Considering what we face day in and day out in our present world, even the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ tends to look back longingly at such times as what we read about in the book of Acts, in historical records about how our great fathers battled heresies and the Gospel made great headway, and even back to when Church pews were regularly full in ourRead More →

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In the Name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. The faithful, watchful Christian eye is set upon the Last Day, for in it we know that the King will come and call all His servants to settle accounts. The Christian eye fears this not, because it has been restored to eternal sight through faith in the long-awaited Bridegroom Who, at His own all-exacting expense, has paid the debt we owe. He has given faith to His Church, washed us by His Spirit and His Word, and donned upon us pure white robes of righteousness; a righteousness whichRead More →

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In the Name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. An unforgiving heart is unfit to receive forgiveness itself although it is likely to demand it when roles are reversed. The Lord Jesus gives a stern warning to all benefactors of God’s inestimable grace: forgive as you have been forgiven, lest forgiveness be taken from you. His parable teaches this clearly, sufficiently for this to end here as the shortest sermon you’ve heard. Yet, we shall not rush through our dear Lord’s words, but will reflect upon them for at least a few more minutes. May God’s willRead More →

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In the Name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. We love our independence, our strength, our inherit ability to get done what needs to be done, even if speaking merely of personal daily tasks. As creatures prone toward pride, anything that lends toward us seeing how good we are is likely to be taken in favor. The longest season of the Church Year, Trinitytide, is nearly all passed by already, in much of a blur in many of our perspectives, yet recall the pride recounted just before this season began; recall Pentecost and the hearts of theRead More →

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In the Name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. The Revelation of Jesus Christ to St. John, the final book of the Holy Scriptures, is not written to be a troubling puzzle but a comforting and reassuring vision of what is, what was, and what is to come. Avoid not the words within it, for the book itself begins with promise: Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near. On this All Saints Day, hear the WordRead More →