Sermon, 17th Sunday after Trinity, 2025
Love Unites, Pride Isolates The idea of union is central to Christine theology and doctrine, and in today’s lesson from the beginning of the 4th chapter of St. Paul’s Epistle to the Ephesians, the Apostle highlights the union of all things in God with majestic poetry. “There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.” Yet this is contrasted by the Pharisees in the lesson from the Gospel of St. Luke, who seek their own glory in pride. …
Sunday Morning Worship, 16th Sunday after Trinity, Oct. 5, 2025
In today’s homily, we look at the miracle of Christ’s raising the widow of Nain’s son from the dead. The narrative paints a picture of two groups meeting at the city gates. The first group bears the bier of the dead son, while the second is following Christ to the city in their wandering around Galilee. This morning we ask the questions, “Which group are you in? Which group should you be in?” Propers Manuscript Sermon Archive
Sermon, 15th Sunday after Trinity, 2025
The frailty of man without God cannot but fall. This haunting clause from the collect for the 15th Sunday after Trinity permeates our lessons today. In Galatians 6, we see men striving through circumcision for their own righteousness apart from God. This endeavor is bound to fall. In Matthew 6, we see men also striving to meet their physical needs apart from God. We focus upon getting things for ourselves to protect from calamity and refuse to rest in the provision that God will supply. Our efforts apart from God are bound to fall. What do we do? Seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things shall…
Sermon, 14th Sunday after Trinity, 2025
This Sunday, we are reading the 12th and final Homily in the first book of homilies, which is entitled: A Sermon Against Contention and Brawling These sermons have been edited to shorten them and to update the language, with the intent of maintaining the content, or at least the core meaning. The original texts of the homilies can be found in the manuscripts after the edited texts that were preached. For background on these homilies, see the links below. At the time these homilies were written, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, there was great religious turmoil in England. The Reformation had brought Protestantism to the Church of England,…
Sermon, 13th Sunday After Trinity, 2025
This Sunday, we are reading the 11th Homily in the first book of homilies, which is entitled: A Sermon Against Whoredom and Uncleanness These sermons have been edited to shorten them and to update the language, with the intent of maintaining the content, or at least the core meaning. The original texts of the homilies can be found in the manuscripts after the edited texts that were preached. For background on these homilies, see the links below. We 21st century Christians tend to romanticize the past, thinking that hundreds of years ago in Britain, everyone was Christian in thought and deed. The 11th homily, though, begins by condemning the cavalier…
Sunday Morning Worship, 12th Sunday after Trinity, Sept. 7, 2025
This Sunday, we are reading the 10th Homily in the first book of homilies, which is entitled: An Exhortation Concerning Good Order And Obedience to Rulers and Magistrates These sermons have been edited to shorten them and to update the language, with the intent of maintaining the content, or at least the core meaning. The original texts of the homilies can be found in the manuscripts after the edited texts that were preached. For background on these homilies, see the links below. The 10th homily begins by noting the intricate order that God embedded in Creation, and, as part of Creation, within human society and individual persons as well. …
Sermon, 11th Sunday after Trinity, 2025
This Sunday, we are reading the 9th Homily in the first book of homilies, which is entitled: An Exhortation Against the Fear of Death These sermons have been edited to shorten them and to update the language, with the intent of maintaining the content, or at least the core meaning. The original texts of the homilies can be found in the manuscripts after the edited texts that were preached. For background on these homilies, see the links below. The 9th homily begins by noting that unsaved men dread death for three reasons: 1) They enjoy their comforts in this life and do not wish to lose them, 2) They lack…
Sermon, 10th Sunday after Trinity, 2025
This Sunday, we are reading the 8th Homily in the first book of homilies, which is entitled: A Sermon How Dangerous a Thing It Is To Fall From God These sermons have been edited to shorten them and to update the language, with the intent of maintaining the content, or at least the core meaning. The original texts of the homilies can be found in the manuscripts after the edited texts that were preached. For background on these homilies, see the links below. The 8th homily warns us to not allow sin or selfishness to separate us from God. God is long-suffering, but He will not impose Himself on any…
Homily for the Feast of the Transfiguration, 2025
When Moses encountered God upon Mt. Sinai, his face radiated the glory of God to the Hebrews so that they could not look upon him. This glory wasn’t inherent to Moses, but was a result of his closeness to the God of All Creation. Christ is that God, and He was revealed to be such upon the Mount of Transfiguration. Since we now have access to Christ through His death and resurrection, will we make time and space to rest in His glory? Will we prioritize encountering Christ through studying the Bible? Or do we avoid Christ through unprofitable distractions? May the glory of God, the Glory radiating from Christ,…
Sermon, 8th Sunday After Trinity, The Rt. Rev. Walter Banek
Our professed faith in Jesus Christ must not be merely an intellectual assent to the precepts of the Gospel. True Faith is manifest in our lives through loving and Christ-like, words and deeds. Our actions must match our words, and in Christ, each one of us may live in such a coherent way. Propers Manuscript Sermon Archive https://www.centralcoastanglicans.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2025_08_10_EpiscopalVisitBanek.mp3