Homilies
Following are Homilies given by Fr. Alexander on Sunday mornings.
2023
Passion Sunday —To what extent are we willing to sacrifice for our Faith?
Lent 4 —The Bread of Life...if any man eat of this bread he shall live forever...
Lent 3 — We cannot be neutral spectators to the contest between good and evil
Lent 2 — Don't be deafened by thunderous cries to conform to mores of society
Lent 1 — Grace like Faith is actionable
Quinquagesima — Love is the Key
Sexagesima — Love of Christ reflected in St. Paul
Septuagesima — A Season of Preparation — Spiritual & Physical Discipline
Epiphany 4 — How Extraordinary is Physically Touching Someone
Epiphany 3 — The Complexity of What Seems Simple
Epiphany 1 — Present Yourselves as Living Sacrifices
2022
Christmas Eve —Christmas: The Celebration of Hope
Advent 4 —Make Straight in the Desert a Highway for our Lord
Advent 3 —Stewards of God's Redemptive Purposes
Advent 2 —The End Times
Advent 1 —The Duality of the Christian
Sunday next before Advent —The Bread of Life
Trinity 22 —To Err is Human, To Forgive Divine
Christ the King —Christ is Sovereign Lord of All
Trinity 19 —How Closely Related are Spiritual and Physical Wellbeing
Trinity 18 —The Living Water
Trinity 17 —Emulate Jesus by Doing Good Every Day
Trinity 16 —Unity of All Things in Christ Jesus
Trinity 15 —Circumcision of the Heart
Trinity 14 —The Old Law gives way to the Law of Love
Trinity 13 —Parable of the Good Samaritan
Trinity 12 —The Good News of the Gospel
Trinity 11 —St. Paul and the Doctrine of he Resurrection
Trinity 10 —Jesus Predicts the Fate of Jerusalem
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