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Be Not Afraid

Gospel THE HOLY GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO JOHN After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also...

Maryann Amor

Jul 29, 20246 min read

Ant Hills

Gospel THE HOLY GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO MARK The apostles gathered around Jesus, and told him all that they had done...

Maryann Amor

Jul 22, 20241 min read

Michal

First Reading A READING FROM THE SECOND BOOK OF SAMUEL David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty-thousand. David and all...

Maryann Amor

Jul 15, 20246 min read

Never Give Up!

Gospel THE HOLY GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO MARK Jesus came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him. On the...

Maryann Amor

Jul 8, 20242 min read

Fear in the Gospel of Mark

THE HOLY GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO MARK When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd...

Maryann Amor

Jul 2, 20246 min read

The History of Christ Church

Maryann Amor

Jun 24, 20240 min read

David and Goliath: An Underdog Story?

First Reading A READING FROM THE FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL [Now the Philistines gathered their armies for battle. And there came out from the...

Maryann Amor

Jun 19, 20248 min read

We Want a King!

First Reading A READING FROM THE FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah, and...

Maryann Amor

Jun 19, 20246 min read

A Treasure in Clay Jars

Second Reading A READING FROM THE SECOND LETTER OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS We do not proclaim ourselves; we proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord...

Maryann Amor

Jun 4, 20245 min read

God in Isaiah

First Reading A READING FROM THE BOOK OF ISAIAH In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty;...

Maryann Amor

May 28, 20245 min read

What a Friend we Have in Jesus

THE HOLY GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO JOHN Jesus said, "As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my...

Maryann Amor

May 8, 20245 min read

Love in 1 John 4:7-21

A READING FROM THE FIRST LETTER OF JOHN Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and...

Maryann Amor

May 3, 20242 min read

The Lord is My Shepherd

The Lord is my shepherd; * I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures * and leads me beside still waters. He revives...

Maryann Amor

Apr 22, 20245 min read

Celebrate the Party Gospel!

THE HOLY GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO LUKE Jesus himself stood among the disciples and said to them, "Peace be with you."...

Maryann Amor

Apr 15, 20245 min read

The Scarred Body of Jesus

THE HOLY GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO JOHN When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of...

Maryann Amor

Apr 8, 20246 min read

The "Ending" of Mark's Gospel

THE HOLY GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO MARK When the sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and...

Maryann Amor

Apr 4, 20245 min read

The Risk of Love

To read the Lectionary passages that inspired this sermon, click here Sermon: The Rev. Dr. Maryann Amor Today is Palm Sunday, a day that...

Maryann Amor

Mar 25, 20244 min read

Jeremiah 31: Forgive and Forget

A READING FROM THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel...

Maryann Amor

Mar 19, 20245 min read

John 3:16

THE HOLY GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO JOHN Jesus said, "Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must...

Maryann Amor

Mar 13, 20245 min read

Jesus and the Temple

THE HOLY GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO JOHNThe Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the...

Maryann Amor

Mar 5, 20245 min read