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06/07/2026

The Touch of Jesus, Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26
A Homily Prepared For Sunday, June 7, 2026
The Collect
O God, from whom all good proceeds: Grant that by your inspiration we may think those things that are right, and by your merciful guiding may do them; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
The Gospel: Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26
9 And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
10 And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.
11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
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18 While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
19 And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples.
20 And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:
21 For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.
22 But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.
23 And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,
24 He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
25 But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose.
26 And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.
Commentary on the Scripture Selection;
In the ninth chapter of Matthew, verses 9 to 13 and 18 to 26 we learn about the touch of Jesus. This touch of Christ is explained in two different fashions; [1] the effect he had on others, how his presence caused other people to react and [2] how his touch, both physically and spiritually, brought healing to mankind.
Israel in the first century, was an occupied country. The Roman empire had expanded to include a large part of the Middle-East and the Mediterranean, a good portion of Western Europe, and the Romans even a foothold in the British Isles. Taxation was compulsory and all the peoples in these occupied lands were required to pay up.
The Romans found it to be reasonable to employ locals for may bureaucratic positions. For example, who would know the most about the local people at tax time, someone from Rome, a city over 1400 miles away, or a local guy who knew local business? These tax collectors, referred to as publicans in the bible, were hated by the Jewish people and deemed to be sinners. And of course, Matthew was one of these, a tax collector hated by his own people.
The Romans allowed the tax collectors to receive a commission on what monies they had took in and they encouraged the tax collectors to keep the fees reasonable, but often they raked in exorbitant fees. This only served to increase the hatred the Jews had for men like Matthew.
Verse nine tells us that Jesus found Matthew sitting in the place where taxes were collected and Christ told Matthew simply “Follow me.” So Matthew got up and followed Jesus.
Being a tax collector was a lucrative endeavor, within reason one could charge the people high fees and get away with putting a lot of money in one’s own pockets. But here we find Matthew walking away from his business, his livelihood, and following Jesus.
Why is that? Why would a man leave behind a lucrative profession to follow a stranger?
Later in verses 18 through 26 we read of people seeking out Jesus to heal them or their family or even raise the dead, how did they know of Jesus and his abilities?
Today we rely on various media, in particular the Internet, to learn of contemporary events, but the ‘net as we know it only took shape between 1990 and 2003. Television began to become widespread in the 1950’s. Radio became popular in the twenties and thirties. The first newspaper was produced in Italy in 1664. So prior to the emergence of printed news media, over 1600 years had passed from the time of Christ, so how did these people know of his miracles?
Word of mouth travels fast.
Travelers around the area were carrying these amazing stories of a great prophet, a preacher healing the sick and calling for repentance. With each town they entered, another would hear the news and in turn tell that seemingly fantastic story to another, through this method, the good news quickly spread.
Without a doubt, repentance was exactly what Jesus was preaching on when at Matthew’s home where many tax collectors and other sinners had come to set down and eat with Jesus and his followers. Apparently this gathering drew lots of attention, as we read in verse 11, the Pharisees had showed up at the gathering and witnessed this young Rabbi or teacher setting down to eat with those the Pharisees considered to be vile sinners.
The Pharisees were a proud generation of men, full of themselves, and always critical of others. They were self-righteous and considered themselves to be better than other people, they were very strict in avoiding sinners. Jesus told them, “They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
Jesus often used the symbolism of a shepherd going in search of the lost sheep, which is exactly what he has done here. He recruited as a disciple, a tax collector and then went to a dinner at his home knowing that other tax collectors would come and he could teach them to repent from sin.
While he was addressing the Pharisees for their self righteousness and tendency to avoid sinners who need their mercy, a man identified as a part of the ruling class, came to Jesus and said “My daughter is now dead, but come and lay thy hand on her and she will live.”
This man demonstrated his faith in Jesus, a faith that was absent in the Pharisees, oblivious to all things good while wallowing in their own self righteousness.
As he was following the man to where his daughter was, a woman came up behind Jesus, thinking to herself, “If I can only touch the hem of his garment, I will be healed.” But Christ heard her thoughts and said, “Be happy, dear woman. You are made well because you believed.” Then the woman was healed.
When he came to the man’s home, the house was full of grievers and people who make music for funerals. He told them to leave because the girl was not dead but only sleeping, and they laughed at him. However after they were removed from the home, he went to her room, touched her hand, and the girl stood up. The news of this miraculous event spread far and wide as we read in the next verse.
So the touch of Jesus and the miracles received through this touch became news that was spread by word of mouth throughout the region.
Today the touch of Jesus continues, perhaps not in the literal fashion as seen during his brief time on Earth, but the touch of Jesus continues on in the spiritual sense.
We still hear of miraculous healing among the faithful, and even some accepting Christ as their savior because—in one way or another—he has touched their heart.
Perhaps you have felt the touch of Jesus, if so, joyfully proclaim the magnificence of his touch to others so that they might benefit from his touch.
If you haven’t felt the touch of Jesus, perhaps you haven’t opened your heart to the experience. Jesus may have been crucified, resurrected, and ascended into heaven two thousand years ago, but through the Holy Spirit he is all around us today. Never forget he said, seek and you shall find.
So what are you waiting for, start seeking Jesus now before it is too late!
Benediction:
Almighty and most merciful God, grant that by the indwelling of your Holy Spirit we may be enlightened and strengthened for your service; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
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A Homily Prepared For Sunday, June 7, 2026 The Collect O God, from whom all good proceeds: Grant that by your inspiration we may think those things that are right, and by your merciful guiding may …

05/31/2026

In The Name Of The Father, The Son, And The Holy Ghost: The Great Commission And The Holy Trinity, Matthew 28:16-20
A Homily Prepared For Sunday, May 31, 2026
The Collect
Almighty and everlasting God, you have given to us your servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of your divine Majesty to worship the Unity: Keep us steadfast in this faith and worship, and bring us at last to see you in your one and eternal glory, O Father; who with the Son and the Holy Spirit live and reign, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
The Gospel: Matthew 28:16-20
16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.
17 And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.
18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Commentary on the Scripture Selection;
The Gospel reading assigned for today, the first Sunday after Pentecost, known and observed by many Christians as Trinity Sunday, is only but four verses long but accomplishes a great deal with only a few words. This passage concludes the Gospel According to Matthew, and it established points, that became cornerstones of the Christian Faith.
First let’s look at what this passage implies indirectly.
Keeping mind that those individuals identified in the Bible were of a very patriarchal culture, women were very subservient to men. However, according to John, in his Gospel, Jesus did not first appear to a man, but rather to Mary Magdalene as revealed in John 20:11-17. Matthew, earlier in the chapter assigned of today verses 1-10, tells us that Jesus appeared to Mary Magdalene and the other Mary, ordering the two women to go and tell his disciples to meet him in Galilee.
While women were not permitted to serve as witnesses in testimony, Jesus chose them to bear witness to his resurrection. While the usual custom is that men give orders and women obey, Jesus has these women order the men to go to Galilee.
The men must be tempted to doubt the women’s testimony. First, they are (only) women. Second, how difficult it must be to believe that a dead man has come to life again! The order is to go to Galilee, is a very long walk. Just as the women deserve commendation for carrying out their orders, so do the men. It is a leap of faith to set out on the journey to Galilee.
And why did Jesus choose Galilee and not a place closer to Jerusalem, a place considered to be holy by the Hebrew people, while Galilee was full of less than pious Jews and Gentiles as well? Was this a subliminal message to take his gospel, his teachings to those nationalities other than his kinsmen, the Hebrew people?
Matthew writes; But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, unto the mountain where Jesus had appointed them.
Here we see yet another veiled reference to the cowardly act of Judas, he who betrayed Jesus and then took his own life after realizing the enormity of his crime. Matthew states the eleven disciples, not an even dozen, but those remaining men who Jesus had personally picked for this great undertaking.
We also have to note the subliminal references to other events in the Bible, events that took place on mountains. For example the first sermon preached by Christ, that Matthew specifically describes, was the Sermon on the Mount; also we have to consider the subliminal imagery associated with God meeting with Moses on a mountain. Up to this juncture, the Bible infers that all important personal encounters between God and man, take place on a high or elevated scenario. So here in Christs final discourse with his disciples, he chooses a mountain top setting on which to give them his last instructions before his ascension.
In verse seventeen we see that some of the eleven immediately worshiped him while others doubted. The original Greek word translated here as doubted, Distazo, has as its root dis, which means “twice” or “two ways.” Distazo can mean “hesitate.”
The picture that comes to mind, when considering the scene Matthew describes here, is Robert Frost’s poem,“The Road Not Taken.” In that poem, a traveler comes to a fork in the road, and hesitates, knowing that his choice will make all the difference, but not knowing which fork would be the better choice. That is the experience of these eleven disciples when they see Jesus. They want to believe—and they do believe—but they are torn. Knowing that Jesus died, they hesitate to believe their eyes when see him alive again.
This is not unlike the scene John describes in 20:24 to 29 relating how Thomas at first refused to believe that Jesus had risen from the dead, and then becomes a believer when Jesus again appears and commands Thomas to stick his finger into the wounds Christ received on the cross.
Then in verses 19 and 20, the last two verses in Matthew’s Gospel, Christ orders three things:
[1] Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, [2] baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.
One, we find here the basis for what is known as the Great Commission; going into the world to make disciples of all peoples, and the second command is to Baptize all those converting to Christianity, while the third aspect of these two verses is the establishment of the Trinity doctrine, God the Father, God the son or Jesus and god the Holy Spirit.
In the original Greek transcripts of this Gospel, the word ethne was used in the place of nations as we read this verse today. However to Greek speaking Jews at the time, the word ethne was used in reference to the word Gentile. Therefore his command to go and make disciples of all the nations, or the ethne, is a reversal of his command in Matthew 10:5 when he told them to go and teach, but not to the Gentiles, nor for them to go into the cities of the Samaritans but rather he ordered them to preach to the Hebrew people.
Through this clarification of his previous commands, we who are not Jewish, have a path to salvation.
Disciples is yet another interesting word usage. Note he doesn’t say preach or evangelize the Gospel, but rather he tells them to make disciples of all mankind.
A disciple is a learner—a student—a follower—a person committed to learning what a teacher has to teach. Typically, a young man in that time period 2000 years ago, who was aspiring to be a rabbi would ask a practicing rabbi to accept him as a disciple. A modern parallel would be an apprentice—or a student musician asking a master musician to be his/her teacher. The disciple is expected not only to learn what the rabbi teaches, but also to practice what the rabbi preaches. In other words, the idea is not simply learning, but also living. Hence “teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you” (v. 20) is a natural component of Jesus’ Great Commission.
The Second part of verse 19: “...baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” Does two things, one it established the tradition of Christian Baptism, and [2] we see the establishment of the Trinity Doctrine.
The triune God is the basis of all we are and do as Christians. In the name of this triune God we are baptized. As the baptized ones we bear the name of the triune God in our being. We are of the family of the triune God. We affirm this parentage when, in reciting the creeds, we say what we believe. Our discipleship is rooted in the mighty acts of this triune God who is active in redeeming the world. The triune God is the basis of all our prayers — we pray to God the Father, through Jesus Christ, by the Holy Spirit. The Trinity holds central place in our faith.
A professor at Torrey Honors College--A Christian Honors College in Southern California-- at Biola University, Fred Sanders, once said, “The Trinity. Try to understand it and you’ll lose your mind; try to deny it and you’ll lose your soul.”
The doctrine of the Trinity means that there is one God who eternally exists as three distinct Persons — the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Stated differently, God is one in essence and three in person. These definitions express three crucial truths: (1) the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are distinct Persons, (2) each Person is fully God, (3) there is only one God, not three.
In the early years of the Christian Church, leaders would gather together in what was called councils to address the establishment of doctrine, such as that of the Holy Trinity as well as incorrect teachings that had been given by specific theologians in that time period.
At the Council of Nicea as well as other meetings, creeds were adopted as explanations of this doctrine. From these events we receive the Nicene Creed as well as the Athanasian Creed, teaching tools that when memorized gave the student a comprehensive understanding of this doctrine. This was during an era of human history when most were illiterate, printed material was non existent for most who could read due to the expensive of books that were hand copied one from another, and there seemed to be an endless variety of false teachings and concepts that had been given birth by well meaning but uninformed members of the faithful.
The Nicene Creed is as follows:
We believe in one God,
the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
begotten from the Father before all ages,
God from God,
Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made;
of the same essence as the Father.
Through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation
he came down from heaven;
he became incarnate by the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary,
and was made human.
He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered and was buried.
The third day he rose again, according to the Scriptures.
He ascended to heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again with glory
to judge the living and the dead.
His kingdom will never end.

And we believe in the Holy Spirit,
the Lord, the giver of life.
He proceeds from the Father and the Son,
and with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified.
He spoke through the prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic church.
We affirm one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look forward to the resurrection of the dead,
and to life in the world to come. Amen.

Please note two things, this statement, when committed to memory, gives the new disciple a core knowledge of what is central to the Christian faith. The first is that which we believe regarding the nature of God as well as the ministry of Christ and the nature of the Holy Trinity, one God that appears in three persons, the Father, The Son, and the Holy spirit.
The second is a common mistake by those who reject the creed based on only one line and the misunderstanding thereof. Note that in the phrase; “We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic church.” the words holy, catholic, and apostolic church are not capitalized.
Many Protestants such as my self before being instructed in the meaning of this phrase, incorrectly believe that by saying this phrase we are professing a belief or allegiance to the “Roman” Catholic church. When we see the word catholic with a lower case “c” we are reading a word that refers to the original Greek word katholikos or universal used in a non-ecclesiastical sense. In those early years there were many churches in which different varieties of doctrines or teachings had evolved. At the council of Nicea, the Bishops had convened to establish one common or universal (katholikos) version of Christianity.
Thus when we say the Nicene Creed we are saying that we believe in the one true Christian Church, an institution that has continued to evolve and today has many “churches” Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox that are branches of this one original holy catholic and apostolic church.
Those of us at Saint Michael’s look prayerfully forward to the day when all these diverse churches under the umbrella of Christianity can once again stand together as one looking forward to the resurrection of the dead, and to life in the world to come; celebrating who can best work together to glorify God, rather than to constantly fight amongst ourselves. Amen
Benediction:
God, who created you in the divine image, sends you forth: we go, to reflect the presence of our Creator to everyone we meet.
Jesus, who has redeemed you, has established the reign of God in our midst: we go, to bring healing to the broken of the world.
The Holy Spirit, who calls you to be God's people, goes with you to many places: We go, to tear down the walls that divide us, and to build lives of hope for all of God's children. Amen

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A Homily Prepared For Sunday, May 31, 2026 The Collect Almighty and everlasting God, you have given to us your servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the ete…

05/24/2026

Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. John 20:19–23
A Homily Prepared For Sunday, May 24, 2026
The Collect
O God, who on this day taught the hearts of your faithful people by sending to them the light of your Holy Spirit: Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
The Gospel: John 20:19–23
19 Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
20 And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.
21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
23 Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
Commentary on the Scripture Selection;
On this weekend here in America, we have the opportunity to observe two important holidays back to back, an event that only occurs every few years. On Sunday we observe the Feast day of Pentecost and on Monday we observe Memorial Day. Two events that mark time, spring is ending and summer looms ahead, the events signify an end and a beginning. For some, the last Monday in May is the first day of summer, although it was established as a day to decorate the graves of our fallen soldiers, it is now widely set aside by many of us as a day to remember our family and friends that have passed on.

The Feast of Pentecost is also a memorial day, every year when Christians gather to celebrate Pentecost, they remember the events that marked the beginning of the New Testament Church as recorded in the 2nd chapter of Acts. The Epistle assigned for today includes the first 21 verses but lets take a look at verses one through six:

When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a noise came from heaven. It sounded like a strong wind blowing. This noise filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw something that looked like flames of fire. The flames were separated and stood over each person there. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak different languages. The Holy Spirit was giving them the power to do this.

There were some godly Jews in Jerusalem at this time. They were from every country in the world. A large crowd came together because they heard the noise. They were surprised because, as the apostles were speaking, everyone heard in their own language.

Jews who were devout, were gathered in Jerusalem for the Feast of Weeks, as designated by God in Leviticus 23:16 as well as Deuteronomy 16:9, a feast day that was to occur seven weeks and a day after Passover. These people were astounded by the actions of those first followers of Christ who had been filled with the Holy Spirit and were now speaking, and although most were from Galilee, all these people who spoke diverse languages could understand what they were saying.
Some naysayers speculated that they were simply drunk. This gross misconception inspired Peter to preach the first sermon given by an Apostle of Christ which led to many in the crowd to accept Christ as their savior and being Baptized. An event that generally is considered to be the birth of the Christian Church.
Our Gospel reading for today is from John Chapter 20, verses 19 to 23. I want to bring your attention to verse 19:

When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”

This event occurs on the Sunday evening after Jesus was crucified, and Saint John writes that they were gathered together in a house where the doors were locked “for fear of the Jews.” These people were absolutely terrified, the Jews had arrested their teacher and executed him horribly by crucifixion, and if that wasn’t bad enough, earlier in the day, his tomb had been found empty and Mary had told them that the risen Christ had appeared before her.
I don’t know about you, but if I had been one of that number on that day, I would have been pretty shook up.
Now, keeping in mind that the door was locked so that no one could just walk in, Jesus appears, show them his wounds as proof that it was indeed him and says to them, “Peace be with you.”
He was telling them to calm down, not to be fearful, but ironically he had already told them this in his discourse at the Last Supper. In chapter 14 verses 25 to 27 John related this statement by Jesus:

“I have told you all these things while I am with you. But the Helper will teach you everything and cause you to remember all that I told you. This Helper is the Holy Spirit that the Father will send in my name. “I leave you peace. It is my own peace I give you. I give you peace in a different way than the world does. So don’t be troubled. Don’t be afraid.”
I have no doubt that on that Sunday evening after his crucifixion when he had risen from the dead and appeared to them in that locked room, they remembered his words of just a few days earlier when they had gathered for that last meal with Jesus.

“I give you peace in a different way than the world does. So don’t be troubled. Don’t be afraid.”

During that last meal, he had warned them that as the world hated him, they would be hated by the world as well. It is hard not to presume that after he had been arrested and executed on the cross, they were fearful that they would be next to be arrested. But Jesus came to them and offered them his Peace, the knowledge that while they would be persecuted for the sake of his name, they would be assured everlasting life in heaven with Jesus and his Holy Father, God.
This is the different kind of Peace that Jesus offers, the Peace in knowing that while we may suffer death, and event that is assured in one form or another, Just as he was resurrected from the dead and ascended into heaven, we will—after death—be brought up into heaven to be united with our loved ones as well as Jesus and the Holy Father.
John goes on to tell us how that Thomas, who was not there that Sunday evening when Jesus first appeared to the rest of the disciples, did not believe them when they told him what had happened, that the Risen Christ had appeared before them. Then a week later when they were again gathered together, and Thomas was with them, Jesus again appeared and instructed Thomas to stick his finger into the wounds so he would know it was indeed the Risen Christ. Thomas did so and immediately proclaimed; “My Lord and my God!”
Jesus then said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
This saying of Christ is important to us who have accepted him and have been filled with the Holy Spirit, that entity Jesus called the Helper. During the Last Supper (John 14:26) he told them;

“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.”

Just as Jesus “Breathed” the Holy Spirit on those gathered together that first Sunday after his crucifixion, and just as God sent the Holy Spirit to fill those that were there on the day of Pentecost, God fills us with the Holy Spirit to lead us and guide us to him.
So you see Memorial Day and Pentecost are both similar, both a beginning and an end, in that on Memorial day we look to the future, the summer ahead as we look to the past reflecting on the memories of those who have gone before us.
On Pentecost we look to the past and the events of that day when, just as Jesus promised, the Holy Spirit came and filled his followers and they in turn set into motion what has become the Christian Church. And we also look to the future when we will be united, not only with our loved ones, but with Jesus himself and his Holy Father.
As we go about our Feast of Pentecost and Memorial day weekend, let us reflect on these words of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.” John 3:16-18
“Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6
“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.” John 14:1-3

May the Peace of the Lord be with you, Amen.

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A Homily Prepared For Sunday, May 24, 2026 The Collect O God, who on this day taught the hearts of your faithful people by sending to them the light of your Holy Spirit: Grant us by the same Spirit…

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