Tag: Sermons

Are Christians Allowed to Doubt?

· Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost / Ninth Sunday of Matthew, August 21, 2016 I Corinthians 3:9-17; Matthew 14:22-34 Rev. Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen. What happens if I doubt my Christian faith? To some, the answer to this question seems to be just to dismiss the idea out…

Is Christianity About What You Can’t Do?

· Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost / Seventh Sunday of Matthew, August 7, 2016 Romans 15:1-7; Matthew 9:27-35 Rev. Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen. There are many things which make Christian life unattractive, both to people who have never been church-goers and to lapsed or ex-Christians. There are the…

Where is the Power of Pentecost?

· Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick
Sunday of Pentecost, June 19, 2016 Acts 2:1-11; John 7:32-57, 8:12 Rev. Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen. We come now to the great feast of Pentecost, the feast that completes all that we have been laboring for and struggling with for the past few months, beginning with…

On Loss and Change

· Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick
Sunday of the Samaritan Woman, May 29, 2016 Acts 11:19-30; John 4:5-42 Rev. Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen. Christ is risen! Five hundred sixty-three years ago today, the great city of Constantinople fell, marking the end of an empire that had endured from a generation before the…