Mar 11, 2024

Sunday Sermon, March 10th -- The History of St Nicodemus

 Although our Lord's words to Nicodemus in John 3:16 are probably the most famous in all of Scripture, most people know little about who Nicodemus was or what happened to him later in life.  In this sermon, we discuss the Gospel account of St Nichodemus as well as the tradition of his friendship with St Gamaliel and St Stephen the Deacon!


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Sunday Sermon, March 3rd - The First Cleansing of the Temple, and the Danger of Anger

 St John tells us of many events which occurred during the first year and a half of Jesus' public ministry - from the time of the fasting in the desert up to the arrest of John the Baptist. These events are not contained in the other three Gospels.

We discuss the first time in which Jesus cleansed the Temple, and point out how different this was from the second cleansing of the Temple at the very end of Jesus' life. 

We also speak of why we should not give in to the passion of anger - even though Jesus was angry in a perfectly virtuous way, we are not so perfect and the emotion of anger is too dangerous for us!


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Sunday Sermon, February 25th -- The Testing of Abraham, and Isaac the Willing Victim

 St Paul tells us what Abraham was thinking when he was willing to offer up Isaac. In the eleventh chapter of the Letter of St Paul to the Hebrews, we are told that Abraham had explicit faith in the resurrection! In this sermon, we discuss the history of the promise of God to Abraham and how this was fulfilled in Isaac, as well as the role of Isaac as a willing victim in this testing of his father Abraham. Finally, this foreshadows the perfect sacrifice of Christ Jesus.


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Feb 23, 2024

Sunday Sermon, February 18th -- The Historical Development of Lent

 We discuss Lent from the perspective of the history of the Church, from the earliest days to modern times. 

The name "Lent" comes from the Old English word for "lengthen" - indicating the lengthening of the days in the spring season. Easter moves between March 22 and April 25, but is always during spring because the celebration is set on the Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox - which is to say, the Sunday after the first full moon of spring. 

Easter is set for this time according to the calculation of the Jewish Passover (which is at the first full moon of spring) - as the Church desires to show how Jesus' death and resurrection perfectly fulfills the Old Testament prophecies.

From this, we can come to a much more profound understanding of many aspects of Lent and Easter.


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Feb 20, 2024

Lenten Men's Group

 Lenten Men's Group at Corpus Christi - meeting Tuesdays of Lent from 7 to 8pm.  The parish Mass is at 5:30pm followed by devotions and Rosary.


For the men's group, we will be watching a series about the Eucharist from Formed, called Presence.