Sermons by Rev. Dylan Smith
Sermon for Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity
[Machine transcription] Therefore, I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. The heathen, the non-Christians, seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be…
Sermon for Second Sunday after Trinity
[Machine transcription] Dear Saints, dear Miles, dear Declan, the time for excuses has passed. Now there once was a time for excuses when Israel stood on the banks of the Jordan. The Prophet Moses delivered his final homily to Israel, Israel who was to gird its loins and go to holy war with the peoples of the land of Canaan. And Moses he permitted some to refrain from the…
Sermon for Fourth Sunday of Easter
[Machine transcription] In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, an evil spirit tormented King Saul. And he became envious, cruel, bloodthirsty. He became a persecutor of David. He sought to kill him. That young man who was gentle, mild, patient, and gracious, many are the afflictions of the righteous, David prays. But the Lord delivers him out of…
Sermon for Quinquagesima
[Machine transcription] In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Christ our Lord took his twelve apostles to himself, and he talked to them about his impending passion. See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished. For he will be delivered over to the Gentiles, and he…
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…