Fifth Sunday of Easter: “Many Rooms”

Saturday/Sunday May 2, 3 2026Saint Luke Lutheran ChurchAlbuquerque, NM [NOTE: The text (Greek and in three translations) follows the Sermon.] AT THE READING OF THE GOSPEL: With your bulletin this evening/this morning you have been provided with a half sheet that contains two other versions of the Gospel Reading you just heard. One is from … Continue reading Fifth Sunday of Easter: “Many Rooms”

Fourth Sunday of Easter: Shepherd of the Sheep

April 26, 2026United Church of Santa FeSanta Fe, NM JOHN 10.1-10 1 Ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ὁ μὴ εἰσερχόμενος διὰ τῆς θύρας εἰς τὴν αὐλὴν τῶν προβάτων ἀλλὰ ἀναβαίνων ἀλλαχόθεν ἐκεῖνος κλέπτης ἐστὶν καὶ λῃστής·2 ὁ δὲ εἰσερχόμενος διὰ τῆς θύρας ποιμήν ἐστιν τῶν προβάτων.3 τούτῳ ὁ θυρωρὸς ἀνοίγει, καὶ τὰ πρόβατα τῆς φωνῆς αὐτοῦ … Continue reading Fourth Sunday of Easter: Shepherd of the Sheep

Risus Pachalis (Holy Hilarity)

Second Sunday of EASTERApril 12, 2026Bethlehem Lutheran Church; Los Alamos, NM [NOTE: Greek and English Texts at the end of the Sermon] + In nomine Domini. Amen. Christ is Risen, Alleluia. Today is the Second Sunday of Easter — not the Second Sunday IN Easter, but OF Easter; because Easter is a Season, not a … Continue reading Risus Pachalis (Holy Hilarity)

ἐντολὴν καινὴν, Mandatum novum, A New Command

MAUNDY THURSDAYThursday, April 2, 2026 — 7 pmSaint Luke’s Lutheran Church308 W 46th St, New York, NY 10036 [NOTE: Greek, Latin and English texts of Luke 13.1-17; 31b-35 follow at the end of the Sermon.] + In nomine Domini. Amen. I am told that if we were to go to the northern part of Italy, … Continue reading ἐντολὴν καινὴν, Mandatum novum, A New Command

The Transfiguration (Quinquagesima) — or, Goodbye Alleluia!

Saturday, Feburary 14, 2026 & Sunday, February 15, 2026Saint Luke Lutheran Church; Albuquerque, New Mexico MATTHEW 17.1-9 1 Καὶ μεθ' ἡμέρας ἓξ παραλαμβάνει ὁ Ἰησοῦς τὸν Πέτρον καὶ Ἰάκωβον καὶ Ἰωάννην τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀναφέρει αὐτοὺς εἰς ὄρος ὑψηλὸν κατ' ἰδίαν.2 καὶ μετεμορφώθη ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἔλαμψεν τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ὡς ὁ ἥλιος, τὰ … Continue reading The Transfiguration (Quinquagesima) — or, Goodbye Alleluia!

Second Sunday after Epiphany; January 18, 2026, Martin Luther King Jr. Day (January 19) — “God of Our Weary Years”

The United Church of Santa FeSanta Fe, NM JOHN 1.29-42 29 Τῇ ἐπαύριον βλέπει τὸν Ἰησοῦν ἐρχόμενον πρὸς αὐτόν, καὶ λέγει, Ἴδε ὁ ἀμνὸς τοῦ θεοῦ ὁ αἴρων τὴν ἁμαρτίαν τοῦ κόσμου.30 οὗτός ἐστιν ὑπὲρ οὗ ἐγὼ εἶπον, Ὀπίσω μου ἔρχεται ἀνὴρ ὃς ἔμπροσθέν μου γέγονεν, ὅτι πρῶτός μου ἦν.31 κἀγὼ οὐκ ᾔδειν αὐτόν, ἀλλ' … Continue reading Second Sunday after Epiphany; January 18, 2026, Martin Luther King Jr. Day (January 19) — “God of Our Weary Years”

Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost

United Church of Santa FeSunday, August 31, 2025 LUKE 14.7-14 7 Ἔλεγεν δὲ πρὸς τοὺς κεκλημένους παραβολήν, ἐπέχων πῶς τὰς πρωτοκλισίας ἐξελέγοντο, λέγων πρὸς αὐτούς,8 Ὅταν κληθῇς ὑπό τινος εἰς γάμους, μὴ κατακλιθῇς εἰς τὴν πρωτοκλισίαν, μήποτε ἐντιμότερός σου ᾖ κεκλημένος ὑπ' αὐτοῦ,9 καὶ ἐλθὼν ὁ σὲ καὶ αὐτὸν καλέσας ἐρεῖ σοι, Δὸς τούτῳ τόπον, … Continue reading Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost

Second Sunday of Easter (Bright Sunday/Holy Hilarity) Sermon #2

Sunday, April 27, 2025St. Luke Lutheran Church, Albuquerque, NM8.15 am Service PALM 118.14 - 29  14 The Lord is my strength and my song,   and has become my salvation.  15 Shouts of rejoicing and salvation echo in the tents of the righteous:   “The right hand of the Lord acts valiantly!  16 The right hand of the Lord is … Continue reading Second Sunday of Easter (Bright Sunday/Holy Hilarity) Sermon #2