Homilies
Following are Homilies given by Fr. Alexander on Sunday mornings.
2022
Trinity 9 — The Danger of Complacency
Holy Name of Jesus — Only in the Name of Jesus are Saved
Trinity 7 — Eucharist — Cental Act of Worship
Trinity 6 — Baptism — A Death unto Sin to be Born Again
Trinity 4 — The Mote, the Beam, Mercy vs Hypocrisy
Trinity 3 — Two Parables on What is Lost and then Found
Trinity 2 — A Close Look at the Great Supper Parable
Trinity Sunday — What does mean to be reborn?
Whitsunday — The Birthday of the Church
Sunday after Ascension — bear witness to the Ascended Lord
Easter 5 — Faith is Actionable
Easter 4 — Jesus must bodily leave the Physical World in order to be
present everywhere within it
Easter 3 — The Reaility of Our Duality as Physical & Spiritual
Feast of Sts. Philip & James — Jesus: The Way, the Truth, and the Life
Easter Sunday — Live as if this world no longer matters
Palm Sunday — Christ's Passion an Act of Divine Love
Lent 5 — Jesus' Seals His Fate
Lent 4 — Allegorical Interpretation of the Story of Hagar and Sarah
Lent 3 — To Imitate the Love of God
Lent 2 — A Lesson in Humility and Persistence
Lent 1 — Giving of Ourselves in his Service in love
Sexagesima — What Kind of Soil Are You?
Septuagesima — Never too Late to be Damned, Never too Late to be Saved
Epiphany 5 — Parable of the Tares
Epiphany 4 — The Simple Act of Touching Someone
Epiphany 3 — An Exhortation to Live Peaceably
Epiphany 1 — Offering ourselves as Living Sacrifices to God
Christmas 2 — Proclaiming the Acceptable Year of our Lord
2021
Feast of St. Stephen Protomartyr — The Account of St. Stephen's Martyrdom
Christmas Eve - Midnight Mass — The Light of the World
Christmas Eve - Early Service — St. Luke's Narative of the Nativity
Advent 4 — 'Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand'
Advent 3 — Jesus Affirms his Messiahship
Advent 2 — Bible Sunday — An Anglican Tradition
Advent 1 — Christian Duality
Sunday next before Advent — Feeding of the Five Thousand
Trinity 24 — Our Human Frailty
Trinity 23 — The challenge: to imitate St. Paul
Christ the King — What is Truth?
Trinity 21 — How Great a Faith
Trinity 20 — Walk Circumspectly
Trinity 19 — St. Pauls elaborates on what not to do as a Christian
Trinity 18 — Jesus Completes the Shema with Love
Trinity 17 — Unity & Purity: The Church Visible & Invisible
Trinity 16 — The Compassion of Jesus
Trinity 15 — God or Mammom — Your Choice
Trinity 14 — To do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly
Trinity 13 — The Promise Made
Trinity 12 — Jesus uses the common place to teach the mysteries of God
Feast of the Assumption — Magnificat: Beautiful, Revolutionary Hymn
Trinity 10 — The Human Emotion of Jesus
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