Easter Day Sermon 2020
Easter Day Sermon by Fr. Michael Cawthon at St. Michael the Archangel Anglican Church in Matthews, NC.
St. Michael the Archangel Anglican Church, Matthews, NC 28105
St. Michael the Archangel Anglican Church, Matthews, NC

Easter Day Sermon by Fr. Michael Cawthon at St. Michael the Archangel Anglican Church in Matthews, NC.
The parable of the Pharisee and tax-collector is about two men praying. Much can be said about Christian prayer. The main emphasis today is on the mental and spiritual attitudes for prayer- and by extension, about attitudes for all of life. Like the two sons in the Parable of the Prodigal Son two weeks ago,…

Today’s passage comes from the beginning of Jesus’ ministry. He has gathered followers, begun his healing ministry and now he sits down with a crowd to share his wisdom. When Jesus speaks, he is not teaching middle class citizens who are frustrated with a few inconveniences of life. He is addressing his fellow Jews who…
Preached on January 22, 2023 Jesus’ Miracle at Cana, where He turns the water into wine, is an invitation to see who He is, what He is about, and how we can believe on Him as the Messiah. Last week we saw how part of the epiphany our Prayer Book wants us to have about Jesus…
Last week we had the “self-manifestation” of Jesus when he was twelve years old, as he stayed several days in the Temple listening to / and asking questions of the “doctors” of the Temple (the teachers) and we are told they were astonished at his understanding and questions. During advent through now we have had…

Sermon Trinity 7 2019 Trinity 7 2019 Fr. Michael Cawthon Truth is what we seek but can we handle the Truth? We ask God this morning in the Collect: to increase in us “True Religion”…. In the Epistle we read that we have all – in the past “Yielded our “members” servants to uncleanness” But…

Make me, O Lord, a child again, So tender, frail, and small, In self possessing nothing, and In thee / possessing all. O Saviour, make me small once more, That downward I may grow, And in this “heart of mine” restore The faith of long ago. Make me, O Lord, a child…