It was freeing to realize I didn’t have to justify my existence by being right all the time.
Sermon preached by the Reverend Dr Reggie Kidd, Dean of the Cathedral Church of St Luke, Orlando on 08 OCTOBER 2023.
Exodus 20:1-4,7-9, 12-20 & Psalm 19
Sunday Homilies
It was freeing to realize I didn’t have to justify my existence by being right all the time.
Sermon preached by the Reverend Dr Reggie Kidd, Dean of the Cathedral Church of St Luke, Orlando on 08 OCTOBER 2023.
Exodus 20:1-4,7-9, 12-20 & Psalm 19
“For me, to live is Christ, to die is gain.”
Sermon preached by the Reverend Dr Reggie Kidd, Dean of the Cathedral Church of St Luke, Orlando on 24 SEPTEMBER 2023.
Exodus 16:2-15 & Psalm 105:1-6,37-45 or
Jonah 3:10—4:11 & Psalm 145:1-8;
Philippians 1:21-30; Matthew 20:1-16
Every time God delivers, we see His faithful promise keeping, we see His fearsome power over everything, and we see His fatherly presence.
Sermon preached by The Rev. Canon Josh Bales on 17 SEPTEMBER 2023.
Exodus 14:19-31 & Psalm 114 (or Exodus 15:1b-11, 20-21 as a Canticle) or
Genesis 50:15-21& Psalm 103:(1-7), 8-13;
Romans 14:1-12; Matthew 18:21-35
We’ve been pardoned, forgiven, and wrapped in the blanket of the I Am’s saving holiness. We really have!
Sermon preached by the Reverend Dr Reggie Kidd, Dean of the Cathedral Church of St Luke, Orlando on 10 SEPTEMBER 2023.
Exodus 12:1-14 & Psalm 149 or
Ezekiel 33:7-11 & Psalm 119:33-40;
Romans 13:8-14; Matthew 18:15-20
We have a God who loves us so much that he jumps into the hole, into that pit that were in and he wraps himself around us, and is so powerful enough that he can lift us up out of that pit.
Sermon preached by the Rev. Canon Patricia Orlando on 03 SEPTEMBER 2023.
Exodus 3:1-15 & Psalm 105:1-6,23-26,45c or
Jeremiah 15:15-21 & Psalm 26:1-8;
Romans 12:9-21; Matthew 16:21-28
The agents of power that the world would chose to lead their organizations, lead their nations, or lead their cause, those are not the people God would chose.
Sermon preached on 27 AUGUST 2023 by the Rev. Canon Josh Bales
Exodus 1:8—2:10 & Psalm 124 or
Isaiah 51:1-6 & Psalm 138;
Romans 12:1-8; Matthew 16:13-20
In Christ, God loves you… He truly knows you, He truly loves you, He’s going to change you, rest in that love.
Sermon preached on 20 AUGUST 2023 by Rev. Dr. Justin S Holcomb.
Genesis 45:1-15 & Psalm 133 or
Isaiah 56:1, 6-8 & Psalm 67;
Romans 11:1-2a,29-32; Matthew 15:(10-20), 21-28
Many will not ever come into a church, we have to be the voice going out.
Sermon preached by the Rev. Canon Patricia Orlando on 13 AUGUST 2023.
Genesis 37:1-4,12-28 & Psalm 105:1-6,16-22,45b or
1 Kings 19:9-18 & Psalm 85:8-13;
Romans 10:5-15; Matthew 14:22-33
This is my Son, my Chosen; Listen to him, Listen to him, Listen to him.
Sermon preached by the Rev. Elliot Drake on 8 AUGUST 2023.
Psalm 99 or 99:5-9;
Exodus 34:29-35; 2 Peter 1:13-21; Luke 9:28-36
Nothing in all creation can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus.
Sermon preached by the Reverend Dr Reggie Kidd, Dean of the Cathedral Church of St Luke, Orlando on 30 JULY 2023.
Genesis 29:15-28 & Psalm 105:1-11,45b or Psalm 128 or
1 Kings 3:5-12 & Psalm 119:129-136;
Romans 8:26-39; Matthew 13:31-33,44-52
Mary’s dignity is a dignity God would share with all of us, and each of us.
Sermon preached by the Reverend Dr Reggie Kidd, Dean of the Cathedral Church of St Luke, Orlando on 23 JULY 2023.
Genesis 28:10-19a & Psalm 139:1-11, 22-23 or
Wisdom 12:13,16-19 or Isaiah 44:6-8 & Psalm 86:11-17;
Romans 8:12-25; Matthew 13:24-30,36-43
God’s a gardener, he saw the stone that is our collective heart…he rolled that stone away so that we could have access to the good soil heart of Jesus Christ.
Sermon preached by the Rev. Canon Patricia Orlando on 16 JULY 2023.
Genesis 25:19-34 & Psalm 119:105-112 or
Isaiah 55:10-13 & Psalm 65:(1-8) 9-14;
Romans 8:1-11; Matthew 13:1-9,18-23
“May we in love, seek out what each has to contribute to the common good”
Sermon preached by the Reverend Dr Reggie Kidd, Dean of the Cathedral Church of St Luke, Orlando on 09 JULY 2023.
Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67 & Psalm 45:11-18 or Song of Solomon 2:8-13 or
Zechariah 9:9-12 & Psalm 145:8-15;
Romans 7:15-25a; Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30
“The cross you take up, is his cross, and it’s our cross together”
Sermon preached by the Reverend Dr Reggie Kidd, Dean of the Cathedral Church of St Luke, Orlando on 02 JULY 2023.
Genesis 22:1-14 & Psalm 13 or
Jeremiah 28:5-9 & Psalm 89:1-4, 15-18;
Romans 6:12-23; Matthew 10:40-42
“When it feels like no one knows your name, and everyones against you, even the god who created everything. God believes in you”
Sermon preached by the Rev. Canon Josh Bales on 25 JUNE 2023.
Genesis 21:8-21 & Ps. 86:1-10,16-17 or
Jeremiah 20:7-13 & Ps. 69: 8-11, (12-17),18-20
Romans 6:1b-11; Matthew 10:24-39
“Be with him, because he delights in being with you”
Sermon preached by the Reverend Dr Reggie Kidd, Dean of the Cathedral Church of St Luke, Orlando on 18 JUNE 2023.
Genesis 18:1-15, (21:1-7) & Ps. 100
or Exodus 19:2-8 & Ps. 116:1,10-17
Romans 5:1-8; Matthew 9:35-10:8,(9-23)
“Come, ye weary, heavy laden, lost and ruined by the fall; if you tarry till you're better, you will never come at all.”
Sermon preached on 11 JUNE 2023 by Rev. Dr. Justin S Holcomb.
Genesis 12:1-9 & Psalm 33:1-12
or Hosea 5:15-6:6 & Psalm 50:7-15
Romans 4:13-25; Matthew 9:9-13,18-26
“The sun, you can’t look at directly but you know and experience it’s rays. God’s face you don’t get to look at directly, but the rays of his light come all the way to you and the warmth of his love touches your heart…”
Sermon preached by the Reverend Dr Reggie Kidd, Dean of the Cathedral Church of St Luke, Orlando on 4 JUNE 2023
Psalm 8 or Canticle 2 or 13;
Genesis1:1--2:4a; 2 Corinthians 13:11-13; Matthew 28:16-20
“The Holy Spirit is now available to all who believe and receive, it’s freely given…The Holy Spirit is given to flow through us to others, it’s not given for us to pull it and keep it to ourselves.”
Sermon preached by the Rev. Canon Patricia Orlando on 28 MAY 2023
Psalm 33:12-22, Canticle 2 or 13, Psalm 130, Canticle 9, Psalm 104:25-32;
Genesis 11:1-9 or Exodus 19:1-9,16-20a;20:18-20 or Ezekiel 37:1-14 or Joel 2:28-32; Acts 2:1-11 or Romans 8:14-17,22-27; John 7:37-39a
Jesus humbly hands his work to us as he completes it through us from his position as the gift outpouring, praying, ascended one.
Sermon preached by the Reverend Dr Reggie Kidd, Dean of the Cathedral Church of St Luke, Orlando on 22 MAY 2023
Psalm 68:1-10, 33-36;
Acts 1:6-14; 1 Peter 4:12-14, 5:6-11; John 17:1-11