Sermons by Rev. Dylan Smith
Sermon for The Holy Innocents, Martyrs
[Machine transcription] In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, in the church we suffer no delusions about Christmas. Only a few days after the birth of Jesus, the blood of infants spills through the small streets of Bethlehem, and the inconsolable weeping of mothers fills the town that had just housed the baby Jesus. The blood, the screaming, the…
Sermon for Good Friday Tre Ore 2
[Machine transcription] In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom. And he said to him, Truly I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise. There’s an anonymous poem from the ancient church, popular among Aramaic-speaking Christians in the Middle East, that tries to tease out the…
Sermon for Lent Midweek 2
[Machine transcription] In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. In John 6, on the occasion of the Passover festival, Jesus says, “I am the living bread come down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I shall give is my flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.” What is this…