A sermon for Advent 4

ADVENT 4 “Who Art Thou?” Fr. Jeff Monroe-TEXT: ST. JOHN 1:19 “They said unto him, who art thou? That they may give answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the...

A sermon for Advent 3

ADVENT 3 “Should We Look for Another?”  Fr. Jeff Monroe Text: St. Matthew 11:2 “Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, and said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for...

A Sermon For The Lighting Of The Bethlehem Candle

ADVENT 2 a Sermon by DEACON DAN FARLEY Today, I want to discuss the future with you. The season of Advent always directs our focus toward what lies ahead. This theme is present in today’s gospel (Luke 21:25-36) as well as throughout the Advent season. In my...

A Sermon for the 1st Sunday of Advent

Matthew 21:1-9 Happy New Year! Today marks the start of Advent and the beginning of a new year in the Church. I’m sure by now, you can sense Christmas is on the horizon. Although our Gospel reading this morning may seem to point toward Easter, as it relates to events...

Advent

Advent Advent is a season of the liturgical year observed in most Christian denominations as a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of Christ’s Nativity at Christmas and the return of Christ at the Second Coming. Advent is the beginning...

Fourth Sunday of Advent

  FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT INTROIT. Rorate coeli. Isa. 45  DROP down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open and bring forth a Saviour. Ps. 19. The heavens declare the glory of God: and the firmament sheweth his...