Grace to you and peace from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the living God who is, and who was, and who is to come. Advent means coming, and for the Church it means the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ as our Savior and our Judge. God our Father created us […]
Sermon Topic: Incarnation
He Ascended into Heaven
Jesus said, “In my father’s house are many mansions: I go to prepare a place for you….that where I am, you may be also.”[1] “Jesus is a carpenter who builds houses, but often nobody wants to live in them. We like to build our own places, even though we don’t know how to build, therefore […]
Who Was Conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary
With this line of the creed, suddenly the entire Trinity is before us. The creed began with belief in God the Father almighty, and with that word “Father” the implicit claim was made that there is a Son of God. For God is always Father, and that means there is always God the Son. So […]
What the Magi Saw
Even though this, the feast of the Epiphany, marks the end of the Christmas season—the trees are down as you can see, the wrapping paper is put away, one’s true love has parted with the pipers piping and dancers dancing and so forth—we continue to hear what we think of as the Christmas story for […]
Presents and Presence
Right after Christmas Day some radio program was interviewing people about presents they wish they’d gotten but didn’t get and about presents they got but were going to exchange or return or pass on to someone else. One young woman on the program (it may have been one of you) was describing a present she […]
The Threefold Birth of the Son
In the Name of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost. Amen. Welcome to you this happy morning! It is exciting to see you all here. Dear Lord Jesus, 2012 years on and ever stronger, Happy Birthday! Saint Luke, whose Gospel we heard at the midnight Mass, tells the Christmas story […]
