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Sermons on Pentecost

September 17, 2023 Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost “As We Forgive Our Debtors”

FIRST READING       Genesis 50:15-21 15Realizing that their father was dead, Joseph’s brothers said, “What if Joseph still bears a grudge against us and pays us back in full for all the wrong that we did to him?” 16So they approached Joseph, saying, “Your father gave this instruction before he died, 17‘Say to Joseph: I beg you, forgive the crime of your brothers…

August 20, 2023 Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost “This Grace Is For The Dogs”

FIRST READING                    Isaiah 56:1, 6-8 1Thus says the Lord: Maintain justice, and do what is right, for soon my salvation will come, and my deliverance be revealed. 6And the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord, to minister to him, to love the name of the Lord, and to be his servants, all who keep the sabbath, and do not profane…