Sermons from St. Mary Church

Is Lent Still Relevant in the Age of Technology?

March 28, 2003 - Joseph H. Kouyoumjian
There are two kinds of wisdom: human and divine. Up to this point, we have been discussing the wisdom of this Technological Age which is of the human kind. Human wisdom is based on what we call the “common sense” – that way of thinking that reasonable people share automatically. Even though we were not trying to empty Christ of his power, human wisdom is what led us to attempt use modern techniques of event marketing to bring people to Church.
 

Sermon given on the Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas

March 23, 2003 - by David Vermette
There’s something about suffering and loss that stirs us from our waking sleep where we dream the dream of our private concerns and distractions and hopes and desires that make up what we call our ordinary lives. There’s something about difficult times that strips away everything that’s false and whatever is hidden in the heart is revealed.
 

Lenten Transformation

March 21, 2003 - by Kerry Patrick San Chirico
The title Lenten Transformation is rather broad.  Perhaps when you read it, you naturally thought of a transformation within the person who maintains the disciplines of the season.  Those being prayer, almsgiving and fasting.  Well, you are partially right.