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  • Father Benedict Simpson avatar

    For Love Has Set Me Upon My Feet Series

    Contributed by Father Benedict Simpson on May 18, 2014
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    A homily regarding the miraculous healing of the Paralytic by Christ. Given on the Fourth Sunday of Paschal (Sunday of the Paralytic) at the Monastery of the Glorious Ascension.

    Dear brothers and sisters, today's Gospel reading in chapter five of the testimony of St. John tells us a wonderful story about love and forgiveness and profound healing. It is not a mushy type of story. It is not one that everyone will understand either. It is the story of a humble man who has ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

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    Tried By Temptation

    Contributed by Mary Erickson on Mar 11, 2019
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    Jesus confronts temptation before he begins his ministry

    March 10, 2019 Hope Lutheran Church Rev. Mary Erickson Luke 4:1-13 Tried by Temptation Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. A husband and wife both found themselves unemployed. Day after day they pounded the pavement to look for ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Best If Used By

    Contributed by Scott Pyle on Mar 31, 2005
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    Be used of God before it is too late.

    Best If Used By Ecclesiastes 11:9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. Two many people are like ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Knowing Christ Is Our Greatest Gain

    Contributed by Timm Meyer on Apr 17, 2009
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    Lent 5(C) - Knowing Christ is our greatest gain. It means we leave behind sinful pasts and we press on toward God’s goal.

    KNOWING CHRIST IS OUR GREATEST GAIN (Outline) March 29, 2009 -- LENT 5 -- Philippians 3:7-14 INTRO: Our world makes many promises of “great gain”. Recently those grand promises of great gain have become great losses. Such are the empty promises of a sinful world. Not so with the God’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    The Spirit Of God Is Alive And Well -- In You!

    Contributed by Timm Meyer on Mar 30, 2004
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    LENT 5(A) - The Holy Spirit is alive and well in you because you are God’s own dear child and God’s heir of eternal glory.

    THE HOLY SPIRIT IS ALIVE AND WELL, IN YOU Romans 8:11-19 -- March 28, 2004 – LENT 5 ROMANS 8:11-19 11And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you. ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Let God's Son Shine!

    Contributed by Timm Meyer on Mar 17, 2004
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    LENT 3(A) - Let God’s Son shine as Jesus brings us into his light and keeps us away from the dark.

    LET GOD’S SON SHINE! Ephesians 5:8-14 - March 14, 2004 - LENT 3 EPHESIANS 5:8-14 8For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light 9(for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) 10and find out what pleases ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Come Taste The Living Water

    Contributed by Norman Bernad on Oct 1, 2020
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    This Sunday, the Sunday where we celebrate the gift of the Spirit to the disciples in the outward sign of tongues of flame appearing above their heads.

    Come Taste the living water 1. John. 7: 36-42 2. John 4: 6-10 3. Psalm 36 This Sunday, the Sunday where we celebrate the gift of the Spirit to the disciples in the outward sign of tongues of flame appearing above their heads. We remember the outward sign of the gift of the Spirit in our own ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Sixth Sunday In Ordinary Time- If–then–else: "Blessed Are You"

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Jan 11, 2022
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    Shalom is not an indiscriminate gift of Yahweh. It is conditional.

    In computer programing languages there is a standard code that states: If–then (–else) which means: “IF” YOU DO THIS “THEN” THIS WILL FOLLOW OR ELSE THIS HAPPENS. It works the same way for some of the conditional blessings that God wants to give us that we hear in our Gospel today: IF you do ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Fifteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year B: Only Sandals And A Walking Stick

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Jun 11, 2018
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    In contrast, Cynic philosophers of the era were known for their provision bag, staff, and big mouth!

    15B My favorite ancient Greek philosopher is the stoic Epictetus (epic-TEE-tus), who taught, “It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters," which is at the heart of some Catholic Christian adaptations of various Cognitive Behavioral Therapies. Epictetus, who taught ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Sixteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time, B--Letting Your Soul Catch Up.

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Jun 24, 2024
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    “Would the person who brought Senator X into this room as their personal guest please take him out?"

    In the deep jungles of Africa a traveler was making a long trek. He had hired some local people to help carry some of his camp gear. The first day they made good time and they went very far, much farther than he anticipated. This traveler had high hopes that the journey could be completed quicker ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    The Call To All Sinners (Second Sunday After Epiphany January 15, 2023)

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Feb 4, 2023
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    Imagine you are Matthew, the tax collector. You come from a Jewish background but you work for the enemy----the Roman Government. You have made a good living. But, ….

    THE CALL TO ALL SINNERS Text: Matthew 9:9- 13 Matthew 9:9 - 13 As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth; and he said to him, "Follow me." And he got up and followed him. 10  And as he sat at dinner in the house, many tax collectors ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Twenty-Fourth Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year A.- Forgiveness In 621 Words

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Aug 8, 2023
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    The New Jerusalem Community in Cincinnati has “70 x 7” painted over the main doorway.

    We hear in our Gospel, we have to forgive, “not seven times but seventy-seven times.” One guy responded, “Great, not only do I have to forgive my brother, now I have to do math.” Jesus adds: Forgive from your heart. Without forgiveness, the weight of the debt over time means the residual ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Safeguarding Sunday - Visionary View: "guardians Of The Shelter: A Corporate Responsibility" Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Nov 13, 2023
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    On this Safeguarding Sunday, we embark on an expository journey into Psalm 91, not merely as a personal refuge but as a corporate prayer inviting us into collective responsibility.

    Safeguarding Sunday - Visionary View: "Guardians of the Shelter: A Corporate Responsibility" Introduction: Today, we embark on a profound exploration of Psalm 91, not merely as a personal refuge but as a corporate prayer that beckons us into collective responsibility. In the poetic ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Thirteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year B- Reach Out And Touch Him!

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on May 25, 2024
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    What does it feel like to touch Jesus’ clothes? What does it feel like to have power come out from you?

    Our Gospel today is about two people who came to Jesus for help with a medical problem. “My left arm hurt me,” said a senior citizen, “and so did my right foot, my neck and my back. Then I went to the doctor and he tapped my knee with a little hammer.” “So how are you now?” asked a friend. “Now ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Twenty-Third Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year C: The Three Cannots Of Discipleship

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Sep 6, 2025
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    Jesus must have our highest allegiance as the center of our life.

    “Great crowds were traveling with Jesus (Luke 14:25),” we hear. He’d rather they be students, or learners which is what disciple means from the Latin word discipulus. So, he teaches them three “cannots,” which is a great way to weed out the casual observers from the more serious followers because ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic