SERMON: On Lent I by Leo the Great
I. The benefits of abstinence shown by the example of the Hebrews In former days, when the people of the Hebrews and all the tribes of Israel were oppressed for their scandalous sins by the grievous...
View ArticleSERMON: Homily For Lent by The Venerable Bede
Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my...
View ArticleSERMON: The Dumb And Deaf Spirit by John Keble
He was casting out a devil, and it was dumb, and it came to pass that when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake. (Luke 11:14) As the holy time of Lent begins with the remembrance of our Lord...
View ArticleSERMON: A Sermon Of Saint Augustine On The Gospel For The Fourth Sunday In Lent
Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased. And Jesus went up into a...
View ArticleSERMON: The Beginning Of Miracles by George MacDonald
Already Jesus had his disciples, although as yet he had done no mighty works. They followed him for himself and for his mighty words. With his mother they accompanied him to a merry-making at a...
View ArticleSERMON: Discourse On The Day Of The Baptism Of Christ by John Chrysostom
We shall now say something about the present feast of the Baptism of Christ. Many celebrate the feastdays and know their designations, but the cause for which they were established they know not. Thus...
View ArticleSERMON: The Cleansing of the Leper by Richard Chenevix Trench
When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus put forth his...
View ArticleSERMON: A Sermon For Sexagesima Sunday (and the Purification of Our Lady) by...
The seed is the word of God that on the good ground are they who hearing the word keep it and bring forth fruit with patience. (Luke 8:11-15) For thus saith the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem:...
View ArticleSERMON: Of Charity, or The Love of God by Jeremy Taylor
Love is the greatest thing that God can give us; for himself is love; and it is the greatest thing we can give to God; for it will also give ourselves and carry with it all that is ours. The apostle...
View ArticleSERMON: The Temptation In The Wilderness by George MacDonald
Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungered. And when the tempter came to him,...
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