Sermons from February 2024

1 Lent Year B – February 18, 2024Mark 1:9-15          This Sunday’s gospel consists of three episodes: Jesus’ baptism, his temptation and his inaugural preaching.  Mark is brief and to the point.          We are now in the church season of Lent, which began this past Wednesday, Ash Wednesday, when I shared about dust. “Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return”. It’s a statement about God’s faithfulness to us, about God’s love for us, God’s promise…

Last Sunday after the Epiphany: The Transfiguration – Feb 11, 2024Mark 9:2-9 Jesus is transfigured. Moses and Elijah appear and then strangely disappear. Peter is perplexed. James and John are silent. God speaks. The disciples are overcome with awe. Jesus tells them to say nothing about what has happened! Mystery and divine presence are pervasive in our stories for today.  So, what is the message for us?          On Transfiguration Sunday, we come to the end of another church season,…

 5 Epiphany – February 4, 2024Mark 1:29-39               Our gospel selection for today has three parts: a healing story, a description of the multitude brought to Jesus and the many who are healed and exorcised, an account of Jesus going to the wilderness to pray and, when found, expresses his resolve to go to proclaim the message in the towns throughout Galilee.          The scenes alternate between “private” and “public,” an encounter among a few people in a “house,” then…