Sermons by Vicar Owen Dawson
Sermon for Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, pay attention. The day is coming. The prophet Malachi warns. It is burning like an oven. All the insolent and evil-doers shall be as stubble. The day shall set them ablaze. Dearly beloved, as we approach the…
Sermon for All Saints
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Most of us have been to a Christian funeral, and we know that such events are rather somber occasions marked by grief, by pain, and a very deep sense of loss. And often, the community of family and friends will gather together to sympathize and to share in the loss that they all feel. It’s really a tragic and twisted…
Sermon for St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus. Amen. Beloved in the Lord, today we observe and celebrate the Feast of St. Matthew, giving thanks to God for his calling, for his faith, for his apostleship, and then, of course, for the gospel he penned that we know by his name. Now, ironically, though…