Sermon: The Presentation of Our Lord

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Listen to the sermon preached by the Rev. Ed Chinery on the Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, the Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord, February 2, 2025.

      Sermon - Presentation of Our Lord 2025 - The Rev. Edwin Chinery

Lessons

You can read the scriptures for this service here: Malachi 3:1-4; Psalm 84; Hebrews 2:14-18; Luke 2:22-40.

The artwork above, “Nunc Dimittis,” is by Aert de Gelder, 1645-1727, illustrating Luke 2:22-40, and is held by the Mauritshuis Museum in The Hauge, Netherlands.


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