Homilies
Following are Homilies given by Fr. Alexander on Sunday mornings.
2021
Trinity 9 — Who is the Real Hero of the Prodigal Son Parable
Feast of St. James — Are You Able to Drink of the Cup
that I Shall Drink of
Trinity 7 — The Wages of Sin versus the Gift of Eternal Life
Trinity 6 — Fencing In the Ten Commandments
Trinity 5 — Commitment
Trinity 4 — Beauty of All of God's Creation
Trinity 3 — Humility
Trinity 2 — Love One Another
Trinity 1 — Offer Ourselves as Living Sacrifices
Trinity Sunday — The Unity of the Trinity: The Three in One
Whitsunday — The Coming of the Comforter & Birthday of the Church
Easter 5 — God is Love
Easter 4 — Christ the Light of the World
Feast of St. Mark — Spiritual Presence of Christ in the World
Easter 2 — Christ's Godly Life an Example for Us to Follow
Easter 1 — Call to Witness
Easter Day — The Triumph of Pefect Love & Perfect Obedience
Lent 6 (Palm Sunday) — The Cross is a Symbol of God's Love
Lent 5 (Passion Sunday) — Living Sacrifices
Lent 4 — Prefiguring the Holy Eucharist
Lent 3 — In Christ We Are Light
Lent 2 — A Story of Faith, Persistence, & Humility
Lent 1 — Putting God's Grace to Work in Our Lives
Quinquagesima — Paul's Hymn of Love
Sexuagesima — What is it to which Paul is so committed; for which he has dedicated his life?
Septuagesima — We are in a Competition the Goal of Which is Eternal Life
Epiphany 3 — Hidden Meanings in the Miracle of Water into Wine
Epiphany 1 — Being About Our Father's Business
Christmas 2 — To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord
2020
st. John — The Beloved Apostle
Christmas — Truly God Incarnate
Advent 4 — Voice of One Crying in the Wilderness
Advent 3 — Ministers as Servants of Christ & Stewards of God's Redemptive Purpose
Advent 2 — The Second Coming
Advent 1 — Celebrating the Past looking to the Future
Sunday next before Advent — Feeding of the Multitudes
Trinity 23 — We have dual Citizenship: Heavenly and Earthly
Trinity 22 — Every Christian Life is a Sacrifice Ready to be Offered
All Saints' Day — The Communiion of Saints
Christ the King — Paul unravels the cosmical significance of Christ
S. Luke — St. Paul Paints Emotional Portraits of Himself & St. Luke
Trinity 18 — God's Grace makes all things possible through Christ.
Trinity 17 — This New Society — The Church
Trinity 16 — Unity in All Things
Trinity 15 — What Makes a Christian
Trinity 14 — Righteousness Cannot Be Earned
Trinity 12 — Good News of the Gospel
Trinity 10 — God Endows Us with Many Gifts
Trinity 9 — Presumption of Salvation
Trinity 8 — Church under Threat both External and Internal
Trinity 7 — Significance of the Eucharist
Trinity 6 — Significance of Baptism
Trinity 5 — The Six Qualities of a Christian
Trinity 4 — Equating Faultfinding with the Sixth Commandment
Trinity 3 — The unstinting and unsparing love of God
as He seeks out every lost soul
Trinity 2 — What is Heaven Like
Trinity 1 — What Happens When We Die
Trinity Sunday — To Be Born Again
Whitsunday (Pentecost) — Birthday of the Church
Ascension Sunday — The Comforter & the End Times
Fifth Sunday after Easter — Putting Faith into Action
Fourth Sunday after Easter — Complexity of the Holy Trinity
Third Sunday after Easter — Spiritual Sight vs. Material Sight
Second Sunday after Easter — Jesus Christ the Bishop of our Souls
First Sunday after Easter — Church Under Pressure: Then & Now
Easter Sunday — Triumph of Perfect Love and Perfect Obedience
Sunday next before Easter (Palm Sunday) — A Week of Extremes
Lent 5 (Passion Sunday) — Christians are ever in the Crosshairs
Lent 4 (Laetare) — Vail of the Old lifted by the New
Lent 3 — Kingdom Divided Against Itself
Lent 2 — St. Paul's Letter to the Thessalonians addressing Purity
Lent 1 — Jesus' Forty Days in the Wilderness
Quinquagesima — Restoring the Sight of Bartimaeus
Sexgesima — The Sower and the Seed
Septuagesima — Never too Late to be Saved
Purification — Jesus Presented in the Temple
Epiphany 3 — To Live Peaceably
Epiphany 1
Christmas 2