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Sermon – Christ the King Sunday (Last Pentecost -Proper 29) – November 23, 2025

This sermon weaves together elements from the Collect of the Day for Christ the King Sunday, Taizé chant, the reading from Second Thessalonians, the renunciations and affirmations made at Holy Baptism, and the Gospel of Luke as Jesus hangs on the cross flanked by two thieves, and culminates with two prayers that speak to our response as we enter into Advent and once again explore God’s initiative in Jesus Christ.

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Sermon – The Seventh Sunday of Easter: The Sunday after the Ascension – June 1, 2025

This sermon reminds us that Holy Baptism recalls what it means to believe as we set our heart on Jesus, put our whole trust in his grace and love, as we promise to follow and obey him as our Lord.

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Sermon – The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost – September 1, 2024

A sermon that springs from the six defining questions at Holy Baptism that combat, as Jesus said, the evil intentions from within that can defile a person.

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Sermon – Ash Wednesday – February 14, 2024

A sermon that connect a brief Ash Wednesday review of the renunciations and affirmations made at Holy Baptism with psalm verse Create in me a clean heart and renew a right spirit within me as we enter into a devout and holy Lent.

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Sermon – The First Sunday after Pentecost: Trinity Sunday – June 4, 2023

A sermon that connects the gift of joy and wonder as an outcome of Holy Baptism with the willingness of a congregation to playfully demonstrate an understanding of the Trinity as Lover, Beloved, and Breath of Love.

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Sermon – Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost – September 4, 2022

A sermon that offers a perspective on Holy Baptism grounded in the natural hospitality of living into formation and discipleship when we accept God as the Potter and we are the clay.

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The Fourth Sunday of Easter Sermon with link to Worship On Demand – May 3, 2020

A Sermon about the importance of sharing the abundant love of Jesus with the seven-fold gifts of the Spirit articulated in Holy Baptism.

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Sermon – The Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost – September 16, 2018

Sermon for The Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 19 B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – September 16, 2018 against the backdrop of Hurricane Florence and the Holy Baptism of Jackson Stanley…

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Sermon – All Saints Sunday – November 5, 2017

Sermon for All Saints Sunday (All Saints Year A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, November 5, 2017. Julianna Rose Scotto Di Clemente was baptized after the completion of this sermon. This…

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Sermon – The Feast of the Holy Name – Sunday, January 1, 2017

Sermon for The Feast of the Holy Name (Holy Name RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, January 1, 2017. Learn more about The Feast of the Holy Name here. This sermon can viewed at

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