You will find here the Sunday sermons. Each sermon is posted in English and in French.
Pentecost 9 11th August 2019 Genesis 15:1-6 Hebrews 11:1-16 Luke 12:32-40 Nobody really knows who the author of the book of Hebrews was. It was certainly not Paul; the book dates from a later period, and its main purpose is to inform the Christian communities all over the Greco-Roman world of their Hebrew origins. After…
Eighth Sunday after Pentecost August 4, 2019 Hosea 11:1-11 Colossians 3:1-11 Luke 12:13-21 Jesus’ parable of the rich fool which we heard in our Gospel reading this morning is the only one of the parables in the New Testament where God himself has a speaking role. Of course, God appears in the other parables –…
Afrique fête July 28, 2019 Hosea 1 :2-10 Colossians 2 :6-19 Luke 11 :1-13 When I studied the history and language of ancient Egypt I spent three months in the guest house of Anglican cathedral of All Saints on the island of Zamalek in Cairo. There was a beautiful little garden attached to the guest house, at…
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, July 21st 2019 Amos 8:1-12 Colossians 1:15-28 Luke 10:38-42 Today’s Gospel reading from Luke contains a familiar story about Jesus, Martha and Mary. Jesus and his disciples are on the way to Bethany, and Jesus stops and is welcomed into the home of a woman named Martha. In those early…
Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Bastille Day Sunday, July 14th 2019 Amos 7:7-17, Colossians 1:1-14, Luke 10:25-37 “Therefore let us celebrate the feast” Bastille Day at St. Esprit is the biggest celebration of the year. Soon the church will be full of hundreds of people, a dense and animated crowd, diverse and tricolor. We will all…