Sermons on The Eucharist:

Holy Thursday: Feet Washing

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Feb 12, 2018

Peter said to him, "You will never wash my feet." Literally "unto eternity." Peter grasped that complicity in this act involved acceptance of a radical reinterpretation of his own life-world and ours!

Peter said to him, "You will never wash my feet." Literally "unto eternity." Peter grasped that complicity in this act involved acceptance of a radical reinterpretation of his own life-world, a genuine conversion of some kind which he was not prepared to undergo. Jesus confirms this by replying, ...read more

Scripture: John 13:1-15

Denomination: Catholic

"It Is Finished!"

Contributed by Mark H. Stevens Thd on Jan 31, 2014

Jesus last words are probably His most important words!

When Jesus had received the wine, he said, "It is finished"; and he bowed his head and handed over the spirit. Gospel of John 19:30 The sixth word is Jesus' recognition that his suffering is over and his task is completed. Jesus was obedient to the Father and gave his love for mankind by ...read more

Scripture: John 19:30

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Mute Shout For Joy Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 30, 2012

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September 9 2012 23rd Sunday in Course Verbum Domini The eyes of the blind are opened, and the ears of the deaf are unstopped, the lame walk and the mute shout for joy. The poor come to worship with the rich and all are treated alike. And Jesus is the center of it all. The one who came to ...read more

Scripture: Mark 7:31-37

Denomination: Catholic

God Is Mercy: Epiphany 7, Year C

Contributed by Fr. Rian Adams on Mar 5, 2019

The Rev. Rian Adams. This sermon informs people to rest in the mercy of God.

Sermon: “God Is Mercy” Epiphany 7, Year C The Rev. Rian Adams Introduction: Mercy as Listening Jesus says, “Be merciful as your Father is merciful." In Matthew's version, Jesus goes a bit farther, "Go and learn what this means; I want mercy and not sacrifice." Some of you ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:27-38

Denomination: Episcopal

Triumph & Suffering

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on May 12, 2022

Triumph and suffering often go hand in hand. Jesus went from triumph on Palm Sunday, prophesied His ultimate triumph, and then experienced horrendous suffering. Yet His suffering was just the beginning of the ultimate victory.

Triumph and suffering often go hand in hand. Jesus went from triumph on Palm Sunday, prophesied His ultimate triumph, and then experienced horrendous suffering. Yet His suffering was just the beginning of the ultimate victory. Prophecy Before Christ comes back there will be much suffering for the ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Engaged Participation In Worship Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 4, 2009

We cannot come to worship unprepared. Silent prayer, fasting and confession are recommended.

Monday of Fourteenth Week in Course July 6, 2009 Sacramentum Caritatis The House of God and Gate of Heaven is, fundamentally, Jesus Christ. The woman with the hemorrhage found that out through her experience of the healing touch of His garment. The little girl experienced it through her ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:18-26

Denomination: Catholic

Jesus Fulfills The Old Testament

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 23, 2008

There are not two covenants, or two fulfillments; Jesus fulfills the covenants with Abraham, Moses and David

The New Testament is the completion of the old. The New Covenant in the blood of Christ, which we re-present at this hour, is the fulfillment of the Old. We forget this important reality at our peril, because it leads us to either pass by our indebtedness to our older brothers, the Jews, or, like ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 58:6-11

Denomination: Catholic

Embracing The Cross

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 28, 2009

As the farmer must suffer to attain the joy of harvest, so we must embrace our crosses in life to attain the joy of union with the Father.

Tuesday, March 3, 2009 Word and Suffering I always encourage my students to plant gardens. The reasons are many, but one of the biggest is that one cannot understand Scripture without knowing something about agriculture. It’s only been in the past couple of hundred years that Catholics have been ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:7-15

Denomination: Catholic

The Purpose Of Our Celebration Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 2, 2023

To know the Father it is necessary to know Christ, and from that Passover on, they will know and see the Father.

Saturday of the Fourth Week of Easter 2023 When contemplating this reading from the fourteenth chapter of St. John’s Gospel, it is very important to realize that this is taken from Christ’s last prayer and teaching at the Last Supper, the beginning of Jesus’s own Passover. Jesus has just told his ...read more

Scripture: John 14:7-14, Psalm 98:1-4, Acts 13:44-52

Denomination: Catholic

The Bread Of Life

Contributed by Ronald Harbaugh on Aug 12, 2006

A sermon for Proper 14, accenting the Spiritual aspects of the Bread of Life discourse.

9th Sunday after Pentecost (Pr. 14) August 13, 2006 “Series B” Grace be unto you and peace, from God our Father and from our Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen. Let us pray: Dear Heavenly Father, through the power of your Holy Spirit, open our hearts and minds to the proclamation of your Word, that we ...read more

Scripture: John 6:35-51

Denomination: Lutheran

On The Shores Of Galilee

Contributed by Peter Johnstone on May 27, 2011

A Post Resurrection appearance of Jesus that mirrors the gospel and invites us to follow him

The 21st chapter of John’s Gospel is one of the strangest and most mysterious chapters in the gospel. It is such that, if this chapter didn’t exist at the end of John’s Gospel (and you only had chapters 1 to 20) there is no way under heaven that you guess that it existed! You ...read more

Scripture: John 21:1-14

Denomination: Methodist

The Law And Our Worship Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 5, 2011

As C.S. Lewis said, while we are wondering where our feet go next, we are not dancing; thus we need rubrics and familiar prayers in our worship.

Sixth Sunday in Course February 13, 2011 Spirit of the Liturgy Today we are challenged to consider the place of law in our lives. In the psalm we prayed for divine understanding, so that we may keep God’s law and observe it wholeheartedly. The Offertory verse pleads “Blessed are you, O Lord, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:17-37

Denomination: Catholic

Peace And Hope And Is Everything Really Under Control? Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 8, 2021

Peace is a sham without justice, mercy and love.

Sixth Sunday of Easter Jesus says “peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.” That is His gift of love to us. The Gospel message suggests that I ask you: “how many of you love Jesus?” Please raise your hands. [wait for show of hands] Good, because in the end that means “how many of you ...read more

Scripture: John 14:23-29, Acts 15:1-29, Daniel 3:17-18, John 2:5

Denomination: Catholic

Feeding The Sheep

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 3, 2009

As Jesus fed the five thousand, so we are challenged to give authentic teaching to the millions of our brothers and sisters who are uncatechized.

January 6, 2009 The Feeding of the Multitude Love doesn’t begin with us. Love begins with God, because God is Love. “God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.” Matthew and Mark say it a little differently: when Jesus looked on the crowds, he saw that they were ...read more

Scripture: Mark 6:34-44

Denomination: Catholic

Baptism-Before And After

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 22, 2009

Baptism is a healing of mind, body and spirit and the beginning of a lifetime of working out our salvation by adhering to the Law of Love.

Tuesday of 4th week in Lent March 23, 2009 The Church’s forty-day preparation for Easter is, above all, a preparation of the whole Church to claim the inheritance earned by Christ through His passion, death and resurrection. Jesus lived, died and rose again so that we might have the Holy Spirit, ...read more

Scripture: John 5:1-16

Denomination: Catholic