Grace, Peace, and Mercy from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. St. Francis of Assisi, whom we have depicted in our stained glass window, used to have a deep aversion to lepers. It was said by some early biographies that “So greatly loathsome was the sight of lepers to him…that, in the days of his […]

Text: John 2: 13-22 Grace, Peace, and Mercy from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. I would like to preface this sermon by saying that this one will be different from the others you’ve heard from me. I will be talking about some hard things that are going on in our world. Let us not […]

Grace, Peace and Mercy from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. In today’s Gospel text, Jesus starts teaching some controversial things. He says, “quite openly” to everyone how He, the Son of Man, must undergo great suffering, be rejected by the authorities, killed, and then rise again from the dead in 3 days. Peter was, […]