The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost The Venerable Ralph Leavitt, Honorary Associate Priest “For all who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted” Luke 14:11 In this age of e-mails, one thing I love is to receive a hand-written invitation in the mail. I know that is old-fashioned, but some things […]
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Luke 11: 1-13 The Venerable Ralph Leavitt, Honorary Associate Priest How do you approach the Lord’s Prayer? The most well known Christian prayer around the world. The fact that it is so well known, written on our hearts so to speak, is a tremendous blessing. However, being so familiar can be […]
Last Sunday After Epiphany – February 27, 2022 Luke 9: 28-36 The Venerable Ralph Leavitt, Honorary Associate Priest YouTube recording of the service – the sermon begins at 26:10 Here we are already at the last Sunday in Epiphany. Epiphany, that wonderful season of manifestation and revelation, filled with light to get us through the doldrums […]
Epiphany – January 2, 2022 The Venerable Ralph Leavitt, Honorary Associate Priest YouTube recording When I started this sermon I wrote “Well, we made it through. The darkest day of the year is behind us now, and the light each day is increasing. Light is what Epiphany is all about. Manifestation of light.” And then suddenly […]
The Twenty Fourth Sunday After Pentecost The Venerable Ralph Leavitt, Honorary Associate Priest YouTube recording of the service –Ralph ’s sermon starts at 19:40 This morning I want to talk about perhaps the most famous prayer in the Anglican Church. And that is the Collect we just prayed. Eternal God, who caused all holy scriptures to be […]
The Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost James 1:17-27 The Venerable Ralph Leavitt, Honorary Associate Priest For the next five weeks the Epistle readings are from the Book of James, so today I want to introduce you to this Epistle, encourage you to read through the Book of James, and particularly speak about “doing the word of […]
Tenth Sunday after Pentecost John 6: 24-35 The Venerable Ralph Leavitt Honorary Associate Priest I think most people would agree that the very basic necessities for a human body to survive are water, food and shelter. These are the physical necessities for survival. And, because we have our mind, as a religious person I would […]
Pentecost 6 Mark 6: 1- 13 The Venerable Ralph Leavitt I speak to you in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen. “Well”, I thought to myself, “This is not at all what I expected. Not at all”. I am sure you can relate to this expression. Whatever the circumstance, you had […]
Pentecost 3 Readings for Pentecost 3 The Venerable Ralph Leavitt I speak to you in the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. First of all, I want to tell you something that confronts every preacher. And that of course is the scripture! Every Sunday we have three readings and the […]
The Fourth Sunday of Easter (Good Shepherd) Psalm 23, 1 John 3:16-24, John 10:11-18 The Venerable Ralph Leavitt Honorary Associate Priest As a faithful Christian, what is it that you desire from God the most? I think that we find some answers to this question in three of our scripture readings today. An answer from […]
“Drawing Closer to God” February 28, 2021 Lent 2 Mark 8: 31-38 The Venerable Ralph Leavitt Honorary Associate Priest Good Morning. I speak to you in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Here we are truly in the Lent season now. It is time to get serious with our […]
Advent 1 The Rev’d Ralph Leavitt I want to start by saying what a joy it has been to become a member of Christ Church Cathedral, and thank you Dean Betrand for inviting me to preach today on Advent One. Happy New Year everyone! I speak to you in the name of the Father, the […]