Sermon: Third Sunday after Epiphany

Sermon: Third Sunday after Epiphany

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Listen to the sermon preached by the Rev. Liz Maxwell on the Third Sunday after Epiphany, January 25, 2026.

      Sermon - Epiphany III 2026 - The Rev. Elizabeth Maxwell

Lessons

You can read the scriptures for this service here: Isaiah 9:1-4; Psalm 27:1, 5-13; 1 Corinthians 1:10-18; Matthew 4:12-23.

The image above is of a painting by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1573-1610), “The Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew,” which was acquired by Charles I in 1637 and now hangs in the Cumberland Bedchamber, Hampton Court Palace.


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