Sermon: Fourth Sunday after Epiphany

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Listen to the sermon preached by the Rev. Ed Chinery on the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany, February 1, 2026.

      Sermon - Epiphany IV 2026 - The Rev. Edwin Chinery

Lessons

You can read the scriptures for this service here: Micah 6:1-8; Psalm 15; 1 Corinthians 1:18-31; Matthew 5:1-12.

The image above is of a fresco by Fra Angelico (c.1395–1455), depicting the Sermon on the Mount, which start with The Beatitudes. It is part of the collection of the Museo Nazionale di San Marco in Florence, Italy.

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