Sermons

Sermon preached on the First Sunday in Advent at St. Michael the Archangel Anglican Church in Matthews, NC, December 3, 2023. “Behold, thy King cometh.” In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen     In a way, I would like to say, “Happy New Year” as we

Sermon preached at St. Michael the Archangel Anglican Church on the Sunday next before Advent. “Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.” In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.     Liturgically speaking, this week we bring another year to a close, and like the

Sermon preached Thanksgiving Day 2023 at St. Michael the Archangel Anglican Church “O Praise the Lord, for it is a good thing to sing praises unto our God; yea, a joyful and pleasant thing it is to be thankful.” In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.  

Sermon preached at St. Michael the Archangel Anglican Church in Matthews, NC, on the 24th Sunday after Trinity, November 19, 2023. “We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.” In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.      Over the past couple

Sermon Preached on the Twenty-Third Sunday after Trinity, November 12, 2023, at St. Michael the Archangel Anglican Church on the Gospel Lesson: Matthew xxii. 15ff   “Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.” In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the

Sermon Preached for the 22nd Sunday after Trinity, November 5, 2023, by Fr. Allen “So likewise shall my heavenly Father do unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.” In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.      With today’s

Sermon Preached for Christ the King Sunday (the Last Sunday in October) by Fr. Allen “We give thanks unto the Father, which hath… translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son.” In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.     In just four weeks, our Church

Sermon Preached at St. Michael the Archangel on October 22, 2023 for The Twentieth Sunday after Trinity on the day’s Gospel Reading. “Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding-garment? And he was speechless.” In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.      Before we

Sermon preached by Fr. Allen On October 8, 2023, The Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity. I am sure all of us here are familiar with that psychological phenomenon known as the “doorway effect”? It’s the phrase coined by psychologists to describe the frustrating experience of entering a room and forgetting what we were going to do,

“Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we, worthily lamenting our sins and acknowledging our wretchedness, may obtain perfect remission and forgiveness”  In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen     On Ash Wednesday in 1623, Lancelot Andrewes reminded his listeners (by a sermon