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.

• December 7: The Second Sunday of Advent
  The end is the beginning.As John is out in the wilderness,dressed, eating, and living as a wild manpeople flocking to him.Matthew tells us that the people of Jerusalemand all the people of Judeaare going out to him.John the Baptizer isn’t addressing thosewhom Paul describes to Timothyas having itchy ears.He’s not telling themwhat they want to… Read more: December 7: The Second Sunday of Advent
• November 30: The First Sunday of Advent
  The end is the beginning.That’s what our texts today,our texts all season,are about.Advent doesn’t mean“Countdown.”It means beginning,as in the beginningof God’s reign made manifest.Jesus has been talking to the disciplesa lot more explicitlyabout the end of daysjust before this passage we hearfrom Matthew 24.Jesus talks now abouthow no one knows the day nor the hourthat… Read more: November 30: The First Sunday of Advent
• November 23: Last Sunday after Pentecost: Christ the King
  Good morning.  Today we are observing Alcohol and Drug Awareness Sunday and I am here to share the story of Recovery Ministries of the Episcopal Church, my own journey as an addictions counselor, and some thoughts about the relationship of recovery programs to how we operate in the church.  After we married, Dawn and I… Read more: November 23: Last Sunday after Pentecost: Christ the King
• November 16: The Feast of Saint Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, transferred
• November 9: Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost
  “Some Gen Xers —whose life experiencesleft them so cynicalas to border on nihilistic —approached Jesus and asked him,‘Jesus,do you ever think about your ghost clothes?’”Before he could fix his face,it went on a journey that conveyed“What in all of God’s green earthare you talking about?”Dustin replied,“You know —how whatever you’re wearing when you dieis what… Read more: November 9: Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost

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