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This sermon rejoices that Mary said YES to be the mother of Jesus and explores how prayer prepares us to say yes to God’s holy invitations and how prayer strengthens us to live into that yes.
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Tags: Amy Grant, Gaudete Sunday, God’s holy invitations, Jesus, Magnificat, Mary’s cry for strength, prayer, sermon, song Breath of Heaven, sustaining the yes commitment, Third Advent, Virgin Mary, YES
A Godly Play “I Wonder†style sermon about us lived through imagining the Innkeeper meeting the adult Jesus.
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Tags: Advent, Christmas pageant, Cleopas, crucifixion, donkey, Episcopal, feeding 5000, Gaudete Sunday, Godly Play, I wonder, Innkeeper, innkeeper’s witness, Magnificat, Mary mother of God, Road to Emmaus, Wedding Cana Galilee
Sermon for The Third Sunday of Advent – Gaudete Sunday (3 Advent Year B) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, December 17, 2017. This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Apostle Paul Rejoice, Episcopal, Family Promise, Gaudete, Gaudete Sunday, Gospel of John, Isaiah Rejoice, Jesus, John the Baptist, Light overcoming Darkness, Rejoice, sermon, Song of Mary
The Sermon – Gaudete Sunday: The Third Sunday of Advent (3 Advent Year A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – December 11, 2016. This sermon can viewed at
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Tags: Angel Gabriel, breath prayer, Episcopal, Gaudete Sunday, Jesus, light over darkness, Magnificat, Rejoice, Rose, sermon, Virgin Mary