A Sermon for Lent 2

LENT 2 Matthew 15:21-28 Picture two men trying to cross a frozen river covered in thick ice. One man confidently drives his ¾ ton pickup truck across without any hesitation, trusting that the ice is solid. In contrast, the second man is filled with fear and trembling,...

Second Sunday in Lent – Transfiguration of Jesus

The second Sunday of Lent is the Transfiguration of Jesus, which is a celebration of Jesus’ death and resurrection. The story of the Transfiguration is told in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. What happens in the Transfiguration? Jesus takes Peter, James,...

Second Sunday in Lent

MISSAL PROPERS:SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT INTROIT. Reminiscere. Ps. 25 CALL to remembrance, O Lord, thy tender mercies, and thy loving-kindnesses, which have been ever of old: O let not our enemies triumph over us: deliver us, O God of Israel, out of all our troubles. Unto...

FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT

FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT INTROIT. Invocabit me. Ps. 91. HE shall call on me and I will hearken unto him: I will deliver him and baring him to honour: with length of days will I satisfy him. Ps. ibid. Whoso dwelleth under the defence of the Most High: shall abide under the...

Meaning of Lent

Meaning of Lent Lent is meant to be a time of repentance. That’s not a feeling of shame but an awareness that sin separates us from God and of what it costs Him to be reunited with us. “Shame has its place, but feeling shame over sin is not the same thing...