Sermon: Second Sunday after Christmas

Sermon: Second Sunday after Christmas

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Listen to the sermon preached by the Rev. Ed Chinery on the Second Sunday after Christmas, January 4, 2026.

      Sermon - Christmas II 2026 - The Rev. Edwin Chinery

Lessons

You can read the scriptures for this service here: Jeremiah 31:7-14; Psalm 84; Ephesians 1:3-6,15-19a; Matthew 2:1-12.

The image above is a painting by Fra Angelico (ca. 1395–1455), “The Adoration of the Child, The Arrival of the Magi,” which is part of the collection of the Museo Nazionale di San Marco in Florence, Italy.

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