Sermons

I. “My house shall be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers” (Luke 19:46). The Ark of the Covenant was associated with power, mystery, fear and death. It was built of acacia wood overlaid with pure gold, and God overshadowed it with His presence. The Old Testament tells stories of the Ark warding off enemies, leveling cities, and parting seas. St. John’s Revelation describes the Ark with “flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake and

I. "Use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings" (Luke 16:9). Michael Corleone is standing as godfather for his nephew. The baby is wrapped in linen. The family stands reverently around the baptismal font. The incense rises in the cathedral. The priest performs the sacred ritual. Then the camera switches to a different scene. Corleone’s mob is arming itself. After calculated planning, the hour has str

“You have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, and to the church of the first-born who are enrolled in heaven” ~ Hebrews 12:22-24 I. St. Benedict lived in an era of cultural decline. He was born in 5th century Rome. Civilization wouldn’t be same if it weren’t for the Roman legal system, strong work ethic, and family values. Yet, that had crumbled in Benedict’s time. Barbarian invasions fro

“Remember God more often then you breathe” ~ St. Gregory of Nazianzus I. A host of 4,000 followed Christ to the desert. They were hungry. They had walked through the wilderness for three days and had nothing to eat. Seeing their hunger, God had compassion. He took seven loafs, blessed and distributed them. Before their eyes, the loafs multiplied and fed every man and woman in the crowd. They were hungry. They followed Christ. He gave them bread. II. Let’s talk about bread. Wh

I. “One cannot enter into eternity tied and fettered by hatred.” Most of us have known someone who is eaten up, inside out, with anger. I once met a woman in a retirement home who was consumed with anger. Her story was tear jerking. Her husband left her. Then, her son took to drinking and in the same year died in a motorcycle accident. It was her husband’s fault, she said, and she would never forgive him. So, she spent the remainder of her life bitter and angry. Who wouldn’t