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Sermons on Mark

Trinity 12 – September 7, 2025

Service Folder Here on earth, where we fight and suffer, here God comes to us; here he shares in our troubles – that is the message of this close connection into which Jesus comes with the deaf man in Sunday’s Gospel (Mark 7: 31 – 37). He heals through the might of his word; he breaks through the barrier which separated the…

Trinity 7 – August 3, 2025

Service Folder Jesus provides for his people When we suffer from lack or bad things happen to us, we can fall into doubt and despair. When we have an abundance, we can be tempted to forget God and crave this world’s goods that cannot satisfy our deepest need.. Today, then, the evangelist turns our eyes to Jesus, who takes care of us…

Easter – April 20, 2025

Service Folder Today is the Church’s High Feast – the Resurrection of Jesus from the dead. By His resurrection from the dead, Jesus has triumphed over sin, death and the devil. We hope you can come and join us as Jesus feasts us with his resurrection blessings – the forgiveness of sins, life and eternal salvation.

Good Friday – April 18, 2025

Service Folder Tonight we see Jesus’ crucifixion through the eyes of the centurion. He was given the duty to keep his eyes fixed on Jesus until his death. When he saw how Jesus died, he was astonished. It evoked this confession from his lips, “Truly, this was the Son of God!” As we focus our eyes on Jesus through the eyes of…

Lent Vespers – March 26, 2025

Service Folder We continue with our Lenten series, “Eyes on Jesus” by considering Peter’s “Denying Eyes”. We will see how our willpower is faithless, but Jesus is faithful to forgive us of our sins; and, forgiven calls us to “follow him” by looking to him with eyes of faith.