Introduction: “Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun?” I wonder if these words from Ecclesiastes came to the minds of the disciples after they witnessed their Lord be crucified. Vanity means the quality of…
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Holy Saturday Homily: Out of the Darkness Psalm 107:13-16
Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and burst their bonds apart. Let them give thanks to the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of men! For He…
Good Friday Homily: Christ has Become our Curse – Galatians 3:10
Paul says that Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. What is this curse that Christ became? The curse is the primordial sentence of death that God placed upon Adam. Because of his disobedience to God, God declared man an exile of Eden. Banished from the…