Sermons

The sermons at St. Hilda St. Patrick are preached by lay and clergy ministers alike. Text, audio, and video availability vary from week to week. Click through below to read, watch, or listen to the latest sermons.

• October 19: The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
  Divine Persistence I want to begin with a story about our daughter. It’s also a confession of sorts by me. When Madeline was a toddler, each night I’d return home from work and hastily greet her and my husband. Then, I’d rush off to find my computer and immediately start working again. Because we kept… Read more: October 19: The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
• October 12: The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
  Our passage from Luke todayreminds us that Jesus is on the way to Jerusalem.The evangelist gives us this reminderso that we don’t forget:Jesus is headed to his death.As we follow Jesus,we are always orienting ourselvesto the cruciform life –dying to selfand living a new lifein Jesus.As Jesus is on the way,ten lepers call out to… Read more: October 12: The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
• October 5: The Feast of St. Francis, transferred
• September 28: The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
  I’ve said this,or something like it, before.A challenge of opening the Bible,of listening to scriptures proclaimed each weekis thatwe’re in the United States in 2025.Wait.I do mean like that,but also something more difficult.Many of us grew up in traditionswhere even if we didn’t encounter the pneumonic“Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth”we were exposed to the idea.Open… Read more: September 28: The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
• September 21: The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
  Let This Radicalize You.That’s the name of a book I started yesterday,but my Books app says I’m onlynine percent in.Nevertheless,it’s been a balm.In the foreword,Maya Schenwar says“This book derives its title from the wordsMariame often repeats in times of deep crisis:‘Let this radicalize yourather than lead you to despair.’”The musical [title of show] talks aboutthe… Read more: September 21: The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost

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