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Sermons on Mark

Epiphany 4 – 2025

Mark 4:35-41 Please listen with me to St. Mark’s version of the story that we heard in today’s Gospel from St. Matthew, in St. Mark chapter 4, beginning at the 35th verse. “On the same day, when evening had come, [Jesus] said to them, “Let us cross over to the other side.” Now when they…

Trinity 25 – 2024

Mark 13:28-37 Please listen with me to a reading from the 13th chapter of the Gospel according to St. Mark, beginning at the 28th verse: “From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near. So also, when you see…

Trinity 24 – 2024

Mark 5:21-43 Today’s Gospel from St. Matthew gives us an abbreviated version of the story of the healing of the woman with a flow of blood. St. Mark gives us a fuller version of this story. We read there that “There was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, and…

Trinity 12 – 2024

Mark 7:31-37 I think each of us is, in one way or another and to one extent or another, a little bit of a show-off. If we are good at something – athletic prowess, musical or acting ability, or even just doing some kind of trick – we will often be tempted to exercise and…

Lent 4 – 2024

Lent 4 – Mark 6:32-44 Please listen with me to a reading from the sixth chapter of the Gospel according to St. Mark, beginning at the 32nd verse. This is a parallel text to today’s appointed Gospel from St. John. And [Jesus and his disciples] went away in the boat to a desolate place by…

Lent 3 – 2024

There is no video for this sermon. Lent 3 – Mark 3:20-35 Please listen with me to a reading from the third chapter of St. Mark’s Gospel, beginning at the 20th verse. This is a parallel text to today’s appointed Gospel from St. Luke. Then [Jesus] went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that…

Trinity 12-2022

Sermon Text: Mark 7:31-37 Sign language consists of certain gestures of the hands and body, which picture or symbolize specific words or thoughts. For those who are unable to hear or speak, sign language is an indispensable means of communication. But certain kinds of bodily gestures can be useful also to those who are able…