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Mother Katherine’s sermon preached on Oct. 1, 2023

Posted by on Sun, Oct 1, 2023 in Feast Days, Season after Pentecost, Sermons

Sermon preached by The Rev. Katherine Sedwick, Rector, on Oct. 1, 2023: “Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly… and never forget that the devil fell by force of gravity.” It’s an appropriate quote to begin with given the ‘lightness’ of our enactment of the reading from the Revelation to John. It sounds like a joke, but it’s a line from a section in G. K. Chesterton’s 1901 book, Orthodoxy, in which he explores the importance of taking ourselves more lightly and ‘less gravely.’”

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Mother Katherine’s sermon preached on Sep. 24, 2023

Posted by on Sun, Sep 24, 2023 in Season after Pentecost, Sermons

Sermon preached by The Rev. Katherine Sedwick, Rector, on Sep. 24, 2023: “Our reading from Matthew is what I call the “But that’s not fair!” parable. When some get more while others get less we tie it to deserving or earned work hours. When we use money as a measure or value to our circumstances, “fair” and “unfair” comes to mind rather easily…”

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Mother Katherine’s sermon preached on Sep. 10, 2023

Posted by on Sun, Sep 10, 2023 in Season after Pentecost, Sermons

Sermon preached by The Rev. Katherine Sedwick, Rector, on Sep. 10, 2023. “Do you think of yourself as a critical reader or an appreciative reader? It’s kind of a trick question because both are true; we are all a combination of both and influenced by things like context, style, topic, genre, etc. The Episcopal Church invites is to apply both our critical and our appreciative minds to scripture, which to some might seem a bit heretical or even anti-Christian. It’s not.”

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Mother Katherine’s sermon preached on Sep. 3, 2023

Posted by on Sun, Sep 3, 2023 in Season after Pentecost, Sermons

Sermon preached by The Rev. Katherine Sedwick, Rector, on Sep. 3, 2023. “Anyone ever tell you to just be more positive, look on the bright side, and all will be well? It’s pretty common of late, and it’s not true. It can even shut down that honest communication we might need to have. As if we’re only interested in the happy stuff in our or each other’s life. True, sometimes reality bites. But is the response to decide to wear red, or is it to deal with the bleeding?”

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Mother Katherine’s sermon preached on Aug. 6, 2023

Posted by on Sun, Aug 6, 2023 in Feast Days, Season after Pentecost, Sermons

Sermon preached by The Rev. Katherine Sedwick, Rector, on Aug. 6, 2023: “We all have moments of Sacred Presence. Many go to the mountains for nearness of God or renewal of our spirits. Here we also go to the waters. Wherever that is for you I hope you recognize in it a kinship with Jesus, who also went away by himself to pray in nature.”

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