Sermons

Doing the right thing (Sermon by Susy Hessel. Susy Hessel is a lay preacher at St. Hilda St. Patrick and is a mental health counselor. The sermon for July 14, 2024 was preached in response to Mark 6:14-29) Our Gospel today is a heck of a story. It is an ADULT story that includes a […]

Our life in Christ is a journey of Grace

Carrying out God’s workin the community around us,St. Hilda St. Patrickis a spiritual homebuilt on caring relationships.We strive to engage our minds,hearts,and soulsas we follow Jesus.You’ll be hearing that a lottodayand going forward.Valerie and Gerry even have a presentationfor during our coffee hour brunch.Carrying out God’s workin the community around us,St. Hilda St. Patrickis a

Jesus has been in the boat.We miss thatas we drop in to the story today,picking up where we left offlast week.Jesus has been in the boatsince the beginning of chapter 3.This floating pulpit –a way to get spacefrom the mobs who want to touchor get close like a toddler –now becomes a vessel.As Mark is

In the name of Godin whom we live and moveand have our being.As we settle in to the Season after PentecostOrdinary Time,where the Sundays are ordinalthe nth Sunday after Pentecostwe’re moving into a mostly continuousreading of Mark’s gospel.I’ll change the banners this week.Today we have two illustrationsfor the world Jesus has come to usher in.“The

I don’t know about you, but I often find that scripture can seem baffling and strange to my modern ears. in this Mark passage, for example, there’s all this talk of Satan and how he seems to be controlling Jesus. And what’s this about Jesus’ family? We don’t often hear about them, so why are

In the name ofthe Father and ofthe Son and ofthe Holy Spirit. Amen.If you’re hoping fora definitive, rational,post-Enlightenmentunderstanding of the Trinitytry again next year.Maybe I’ll read Katherine Sonderegger’s bookSystematic Theology, Volume 2:The Doctrine of the Holy Trinity:Processions and Personson my sabbatical.You’ve probably heard, rightly,that this is the only liturgical observanceof a doctrine —not a person

When the day of Pentecost had come, the disciples were all together in one place.Among the older traditions of Christianity, the feast of Pentecost is, in part, the celebration of the founding of the Church. Before that night, 50 days from Passover and the last supper, the holy catholic and apostolic Church did not exist.

Jesus prayed for his disciples.Situated toward the endof Jesus’ lengthy farewell speechJesus prayed for his disciples.He’s been at table with them.He’s washed their feet.Jesus knows he’s going to die,and they don’t quite believe it yet.He’s admonished themto abide in him,to stay in his love,the love the Father has given him.Jesus prayed for his disciples. Knowing