This category includes all of our sermons. Every Sermon is posted in English, followed by its French translation.
Le 3e dimanche de Carême le 12 mars 2023 Exode 17:1-7; Romains 5:1-11; Jean 4:5-42 Dans deux semaines, le samedi 25 mars, le clergé et les membres du diocèse de New-York se réuniront dans la cathédrale de Saint John the Divine lors d’un office de présentation officielle d’excuses pour l’implication historique du Diocèse dans le…
Le deuxième dimanche de Carême le 5 mars 2023 Le livre de la Genèse contient quelques petits indices sur l’époque à laquelle vivaient les personnages. Certains détails indiquent le début du deuxième millénaire avant J.-C. (1800 avant J.-C., l’âge de Bronze moyen) et d’autres indiquent une période beaucoup plus tardive – par exemple,…
Le premier dimanche de Carême le 26 février 2023 Il y a environ cent trente mille ans, l’homme moderne a migré de l’Afrique vers le Moyen-Orient. L’île de La Nouvelle-Zélande était l’une des dernières parties du monde non touchées par l’homme moderne jusqu’à ce que celui-ci y arrive en bateau d’Hawaï il y…
Last Sunday after the Epiphany February 19, 2023 Exodus 24:12-18 2 Peter 1:16-21 Matthew 17:1-9 A friend sent me a meme this week. One of those images that you can quickly share on the internet and that are (often) funny. It had 4 baguettes on it that were moving in different ways and the caption…
Epiphany VI February 12, 2023 Deuteronomy 30:15-20 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 Matthew 5:21-37 If you were to visit me at home, you would quickly realize that I am a plant lover. I am grateful to have happy plants that are thriving, in part, thanks to the gorgeous, direct sunlight in my apartment from sun-up to sun-down.…
Feast of the Presentation February 5, 2023 Malachi 3:1-4 Hebrews 2:14-18 Luke 2:22-40 Even after all this time in the United States, I still find it amusing that the place we go to buy food and household goods are called ‘the stores.’ In England, this word refers to things that you put to one side…
Epiphany IV January 29, 2023 Micah 6 :1-8 I Corinthians 1 :18-31 Matthew 5 :1-12 It is a rather wonderful thing to belong to a multi-lingual congregation. At our parish receptions we don’t just hear French and English spoken, but many other languages too. I suspect that many of us have felt our lives enriched by learning another…
THIRD SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY January 22, 2023 Isaiah 9:1-4 I Corinthians 1:10-17 Matthew 4:12-23 Most marketing experts will tell you that our New Year’s Resolutions begin to fizzle out sometime during the third week in January. Because our culture rejoices in telling us how we can be more beautiful, healthy and fulfilled people, we…
Epiphany II 15 January 2023 Isaiah 49:1-7 I Corinthians 1:1-9 John 1:29-41 It seems to me that wherever you go in the Christian world, people have very different ideas about the significance and meaning of the rite of baptism. What is baptism ‘for’ exactly? I’ve preached for many baptism services over the years – most…
Epiphany January 8th, 2023 Isaiah 60:1-6 Ephesians 3:1-12 Matthew 2:1-12 Look around you, and you will see many depictions of stars in the church. I’m afraid that some of them might look a bit tarnished at the moment because of the recent fire. There are not only the stars that we use to decorate the…