Sermon: The Sunday of the Passion

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Listen to the sermon preached by the Rev. Liz Maxwell on Palm Sunday, the Sunday of the Passion, April 13, 2025.

      Sermon - Palm Sunday 2025 - The Rev. Elizabeth Maxwell

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You can read the scriptures for this service here: Luke 19:28-40; Isaiah 50:4-9a; Psalm 31:9-16; Philippians 2:5-11; Luke 22:14-23:56.

The painting above, “Christ and the Robber,” is by Nikolai Ge (1831-1894) and is in the collection of the Kyiv National Art Gallery.

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Parish News: September 28

This week, Mother Liz reflects on Jeremiah’s symbolic purchase of a field while imprisoned during the Babylonian siege — a striking act of hope amid devastation. Though exile and ruin loomed, Jeremiah preserved the deed as a sign that “houses and fields and vineyards shall again be bought in this land.” In our own times of crisis and uncertainty, we are invited to consider how small, faithful actions can witness to God’s future: investing in justice, caring for neighbors and creation, and nurturing hope for generations yet to come.

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