May 25, 2014 Sunday Sermon

... in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.  Amen.  Through the prayers of our holy Fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us and save us.  Amen.  Glory to You, our God, Glory to You.

O Heavenly King, the Comforter, the Spirit of truth, You are everywhere and fill all things, Treasury of blessings, and Giver of life: come and abide in us, and cleanse us from every impurity, and save our souls, O Good One.

Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us (three times).

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, as it is now, was in the beginning, and ever shall be, world without end.  Amen.

May 25, 2014 Sunday Sermon

The Scripture

Psalm 119:18

Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

Ephesians 1:17-23 (Paul’s Prayer)

That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him: the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power, which He wrought in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead, and set Him at His own right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: and has put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be the head over all things to the church, which is His body, His fullness that fills all in all.

The Epistle

2 Corinthians 4:6-12 (from the reading of 6-15)

For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

However, We have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.  We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed.  We are perplexed, yet not in despair.  We are persecuted, yet not forsaken.  We are cast down, yet not destroyed; always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, so that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body: for we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.  So then death works in us, but life in you.

The Gospel

John 9:25 b (from the reading of 1-38)

“One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.”

The Homily

We may ask for the Holy Ghost to enter our lives.  When the Holy Ghost enters our lives He heals our blindness, so that we can see and understand the Gospel of Jesus in both heart and mind with all due humility.[1]

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