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Sermon on Ephesians
Jul. 16th, 2012 07:47 pmYesterday I preached at St. John's, and I decided to preach on the Epistle, rather than the Gospel. The Gospel passsage from Mark, giving directions to the disciples on how to evangelise, didn't present any insights to me; I've preached on it before and I think I need another three years before I figure out how to preach on it again. So I looked at the Epistle. Web searches helped to identify an angle that appealed to me.
( Sermon under a cut for the uninterested )
Now the interesting factoid is this: I felt quite uncertain about this homily. I thought that it was a bit thin and that it wasn't one of my best productions. However, during the Mass one of the acolytes said that he thought the idea that we are not yet perfect was something he would be able to ponder, and at coffee hour two other people, one a newcomer, said that they enjoyed the sermon and that it gave them food for thought.
I don't know exactly what this means. I do know that I am evidently not the best critic of my own sermons.
July 14, 2012 Fourth after Trinity
Sermon delivered at St. John the Evangelist, 10AM.
First Reading: Amos 7:12-15
Epistle: Ephesians 1:3-14
Gospel: Mark 6:7-13
Sermon delivered at St. John the Evangelist, 10AM.
First Reading: Amos 7:12-15
Epistle: Ephesians 1:3-14
Gospel: Mark 6:7-13
( Sermon under a cut for the uninterested )
Now the interesting factoid is this: I felt quite uncertain about this homily. I thought that it was a bit thin and that it wasn't one of my best productions. However, during the Mass one of the acolytes said that he thought the idea that we are not yet perfect was something he would be able to ponder, and at coffee hour two other people, one a newcomer, said that they enjoyed the sermon and that it gave them food for thought.
I don't know exactly what this means. I do know that I am evidently not the best critic of my own sermons.
