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The Cathedral Sermons pages list sermons, at the Cathedral or elsewhere, by current and former Cathedral clergy, lay readers, students and guest preachers.

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2009

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#	Sermon	Created	Author	Hits
1	Epiphany 4 (January 24, 2010) - A tale of two cities	01 February 2010	Roger Balk	11
2	Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (January 17, 2010)	17 January 2010	Karla Holmes	11
3	Christmas Eve, 2009	24 December 2009	Joyce Sanchez	13
4	Advent 4 (December 20, 2009) - Experiencing the true meaning of the incarnation	20 December 2009	Karla Holmes	13
5	Advent 3 (December 13, 2009) - What kind of a Christmas has our Advent calendar created?	13 December 2009	Roger Balk	18
6	20th Anniversary of the Massacre at Ecole Polytechnique	06 December 2009	Fiona Brownlee	34
7	150th Anniversary Sermon	22 November 2009	Michael Pitts	142
8	Mission Sunday (November 15 2009)	15 November 2009	Karla Holmes	19
9	Remembrance Day, 2009	08 November 2009	Joyce Sanchez	125
10	Pentecost 21 (October 25, 2009) - "Women hold up half the sky"	25 October 2009	Roger Balk	181
11	Pentecost 18 (October 4, 2009) - How do knowledge and faith meet in the 21st century?	04 October 2009	Roger Balk	141
12	Pentecost 15 (September 13, 2009) - Old and New Israel	13 September 2009	Roger Balk	172
13	Pentecost 11 (August 16, 2009) - Torah and Mishpat	16 August 2009	Roger Balk	122
14	Pentecost 6 (July 12, 2009) - A new apocalyptic vision	12 July 2009	Roger Balk	137
15	Pentecost 2 (June 4, 2009) - Think small	14 June 2009	Roger Balk	141
16	A sermon on Mothers' Day (May 10, 2009)	10 May 2009	Elizabeth Rowlinson	133
17	Easter 4, 2009 - Go!	03 May 2009	Michael Pitts	147
18	Easter 2, 2009 - Fire Insurance	19 April 2009	Roger Balk	632
19	Homily for Maundy Thursday, 2009	09 April 2009	Michael Pitts	153
20	Lent 4 (March 22, 2009) - Reading the whole Bible	22 March 2009	Michael Pitts	149
21	Lent 2 (March 8, 2009) - The four key words - law, grace, faith, works	08 March 2009	Roger Balk	603
22	Homily for Lent 1, 2009 - The Kingdom of God versus The Market	01 March 2009	Michael Pitts	713
23	Last Sunday after the Epiphany, 2009 - transfiguration: a mystery beyond ordinary life and comprehension	22 February 2009	Michael Pitts	619
24	Epiphany 3, 2009 - Second of two homilies on the ecumenical movement and interfaith dialogue	25 January 2009	Michael Pitts	585
25	Epiphany 2, 2009 - First of two homilies on the ecumenical movement and interfaith dialogue	18 January 2009	Michael Pitts	603
26	Epiphany 1, 2009 - Baptism of The Lord	11 January 2009	Roger Balk	612

2008

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#	Sermon	Created	Author	Hits
1	Christmas Eve, 2008 - building a world of peace and justice	24 December 2008	Michael Pitts	314
2	Homily for Advent 2 - a different understanding of Advent	07 December 2008	Michael Pitts	389
3	The Reign of Christ, 2008 - The Kingdom of God - a way of living	23 November 2008	Michael Pitts	274
4	Pentecost 27, 2008 - myth making	16 November 2008	Michael Pitts	316
5	Homily for Pentecost 21 - the Ten Commandments; carved in stone?	05 October 2008	Micheal Pitts	356
6	Homily for Proper 25 - the problem of living in difficult circumstances	21 September 2008	Michael Pitts	288
7	Pentecost 15 - But you, he said, who do you say that I am	24 August 2008	Roger Balk	277
8	Homily for Pentecost 11 - honouring the whole text	27 July 2008	Michael Pitts	299
9	Homily for Pentecost 6 2008 - face to face with the Jewish roots of our faith	22 June 2008	Michael Pitts	259
10	Homily for the Ordination to the Diaconate and Presbyterate	01 June 2008	Michael Pitts	331
11	Homily for Pentecost 2 2008 - the view of the future	25 May 2008	Michael Pitts	293
12	Homily for Easter 7, 2008 at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Havana, Cuba	04 May 2008	Michael Pitts	286
13	7th Sunday of Easter (Proper 344) - Why are you men from Galilee standing there looking at the sky?	04 May 2008	Roger Balk	297
14	5th Sunday of Easter (Proper 340) - readings from three very different locations Jerusalem, Rome and Antioch	20 April 2008	Roger Balk	285
15	Easter 4, 2008: We spend a lifetime listening to people call us by name (Karla's farewell sermon)	13 April 2008	Karla Holmes	322
16	Homily for Easter 2, 2008 - Easter is about death and new life.	30 March 2008	Michael Pitts	298
17	Meditation for Good Friday - March 21, 2008	21 March 2008	Michael Pitts	306
18	A Homily for Lent 4, 2008:There is a crack in everything That's how the light gets in	02 March 2008	Michael Pitts	315
19	Lent 3 (Proper A) - On the way to Jerusalem he came to the Samaritan town called Sychar	24 February 2008	Roger Balk	236
20	A Homily for Lent 2, 2008: John 3:16	17 February 2008	Michael Pitts	256
21	Epiphany 3, 2008 - The apostle Paul	27 January 2008	Karla Holmes	263
22	Homily for the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord (with audio)	13 January 2008	Michael Pitts	385
23	Epiphany 2008 - We saw his star as it rose (with audio)	06 January 2008	Roger Balk	232

2007

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#	Sermon	Created	Author	Hits
1	Christmas Eve, 2007 (with audio)	24 December 2007	Michael Pitts	273
2	Homily for Advent 1 2007 - Light... part of the core message	02 December 2007	Michael Pitts	347
3	Feast of St. Hilda (21 November 2007) - Sermon at Dio	21 November 2007	Michael Pitts	342
4	Pentecost 25, 2007 - an apocalyptic view of life	18 November 2007	Roger Balk	305
5	Feast of All Saints, 2007	04 November 2007	Michael Pitts	294
6	Pentecost 22, 2007 - What then did Jesus mean when he called one man “just”?	28 October 2007	Roger Balk	295
7	Pentecost 16, 2007 - about faith and not about religion	16 September 2007	Michael Pitts	294
8	Pentecost 11, 2007 - an encounter with judgment	19 August 2007	Michael Pitts	297
9	Pentecost 10, 2007 - the tension between faith on the one hand and…	12 August 2007	Michael Pitts	324
10	Pentecost 4, 2007 - the freedom of the Gospel	01 July 2007	Michael Pitts	311
11	Pentecost 2, 2007 - introduction to Luke's gospel	10 June 2007	Michael Pitts	312