There is no video this week. Matthew 22:34-46 34 But when the Pharisees heard that He [Jesus] had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. 35 Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying, 36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” 37 Jesus said to him, “‘You…
September 13, 2026 – the 15th Sunday after Trinity – Matthew 6:24-34 Lord God, heavenly Father, we thank You for all Your benefits, that You have given us life and graciously sustained us to this day: We beseech You, do not take Your blessings from us; preserve us from covetousness, that we may serve You…
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Christmas – Matthew 1:18-25 Please listen with me to a reading from the first chapter of the Gospel according to St. Matthew, beginning at the 18th verse. Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the…
Matthew 21:1-9 We read in today’s text from St. Matthew: “Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, ‘Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Loose them and bring them to Me. And if anyone says anything to you, you shall say, “The Lord…
On the last day, our bodies will rise immortal from their graves: purified and purged of all sin and of all the effects of sin. We will be brought home to the Zion of God’s beauty and perfection, in the new heavens and the new earth, where righteousness dwells forever. For now we do still…
Matthew 25:31-46 A common theme in popular movies involves a villainous character who does a lot of harm to a lot of people. Good people are killed, and the evil character seems to be prevailing, until justice is, in the end, meted out to him: either by a vengeful survivor hero, a skilled martial arts…
Matthew 9:1-8 In today’s Gospel from St. Matthew, we heard the story of the paralytic whose friends brought him to Jesus, with the hope that Jesus would heal him. This story also appears in the Gospels of Mark and Luke, who add the detail that the man’s friends, because of the crowds, opened up the…
St. Michael and All Angels Many people are drawn to fantasy stories about epic clashes between angels and demons, in which, on a superhuman scale, the forces of good battle against the forces of evil. We might sit in amazement as we watch movies about this kind of thing. We might be deeply absorbed in…