Category Archives: Sermon

John 1. 19-28 | Advent 3B

John Michael Gutierrez, PhD The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John 19 Now this was John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was. 20 He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, “I am not the Messiah.” 21 They askedContinue reading “John 1. 19-28 | Advent 3B”

Psalm 95 | Christ the King Sunday Year A

John Michael Gutierrez, PhD 1    Come, let us sing to the LORD;                   Let us shout to the Rock,  our Rescuer.2                 Let us come face to face with a thank offering                   Let us extol Him with song. 3    For the LORD is the great God,                                      the great King aboveContinue reading “Psalm 95 | Christ the King Sunday Year A”

Matthew 22.34-46 | Pentecost 21 Year A

John Michael Gutierrez, PhD The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew 34 Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. 35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: 36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” 37 Jesus replied: “‘LoveContinue reading “Matthew 22.34-46 | Pentecost 21 Year A”

Matthew 21.(23-27) 28-32 | Pentecost 17

John Michael Guiterrez, PhD The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew 23 Jesus entered the temple courts, and, while he was teaching, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him. “By what authority are you doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave you this authority?” 24Continue reading “Matthew 21.(23-27) 28-32 | Pentecost 17”

Matthew 16.13-28 | Pentecost 12

John Michael Gutierrez, PhD The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew 13 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” 14 And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others JeremiahContinue reading “Matthew 16.13-28 | Pentecost 12”

Matthew 13.31-33, 44-50 | Eighth Sunday after Pentecost

John Michael Guiterrez, PhD The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew 31 He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. 32 Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is theContinue reading “Matthew 13.31-33, 44-50 | Eighth Sunday after Pentecost”

Matthew 10.34-42 | Pentecost 4

John Michael Gutierrez, PhD The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew 34 “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to turn “‘a man against his father, a daughter against herContinue reading “Matthew 10.34-42 | Pentecost 4”

John 17.1-11 | Sunday after Ascension Seventh Sunday of Easter

John Michael Gutierrez, PhD The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John 1 After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. 2 For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal lifeContinue reading “John 17.1-11 | Sunday after Ascension Seventh Sunday of Easter”

Luke 24.13-35 | Easter 3A

John Michael Gutierrez, PhD The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke 13 Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles[a] from Jerusalem. 14 They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. 15 As they talked and discussed these thingsContinue reading “Luke 24.13-35 | Easter 3A”