Sermons
Fr. Bill Carroll – The Fifth Sunday in Lent, March 17, 2024
Jesus said, “Now is the judgment of this world. Now the ruler of this world will be driven out. And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. A couple of weeks...
Mtr. Vivian Shelby – The Fourth Sunday in Lent, March 10, 2024
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that all that believe in him shall not perish, but have eternal life. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen. So we pick up this week pretty much from where Father Bill left off last week,...
Fr. Bill Carroll – The Third Sunday in Lent, March 3, 2024
The message about the Cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. “There is nothing that you could ever, ever do, that would make God...
Mtr. Vivian Shelby – The Second Sunday in Lent, February 25, 2024
Take my life and let it be consecrated, Lord, for Thee. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. So the picture we have today is, of course, a great crowd and Jesus and the disciples. But this first bit is really just between Jesus and the...
Fr. Bill Carroll – The First Sunday in Lent, February 18, 2024
And right away, the Spirit drove Jesus out into the wilderness. In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. In the other Gospels, it says that the Spirit led Jesus out into the wilderness. But in Mark, the language is much stronger. ...
Fr. Bill Carroll – Ash Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return. In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. I’d like to draw your attention, right at the start, to our opening hymn. And it’s always been something that has spoken profoundly...
Fr. Bill Carroll – The Last Sunday after the Epiphany, February 11, 2024
Then a cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud there came a voice, “This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him!” In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. The entire season of the Epiphany is wedged between two mysteries. On the...
Fr. Bill Carroll – The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, January 28, 2024
And they kept on asking one another, “What is this? A new teaching—with authority! Jesus commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.” In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. On Tuesday, about twenty-seven of us from Trinity...
Fr. Bill Carroll – The Third Sunday after the Epiphany, January 21, 2024
Jesus said, “Follow me and I will make you fish for people.” In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. A little more than thirty years ago, I was in the basement of my college church. I was a relatively new Christian. Although I had...
Fr. Bill Carroll – The Baptism of Our Lord Jesus Christ, January 7, 2024
And a voice came from heaven, “You are my Beloved Son. With you, I am well pleased.” In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. “With great power comes great responsibility.” Words from Uncle Ben to the young Peter Parker. I...
Fr. Bill Carroll – Christmas Day, December 24, 2023
The Word became flesh and lived among us. And we have seen his glory. In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. In his Christmas message this year, after thanking us for our prayers during his recent illness, Presiding Bishop Michael...
Fr. Bill Carroll – Christmas Eve, December 24, 2023
A child has been born for us, a son given to us…and he shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. In the Fall of 1914, Pope Benedict XV called for a...
Fr. Bill Carroll – The Fourth Sunday of Advent, December 24, 2023
Then Mary said, “Here am I, the servant of the LORD; let it be with me according to your Word.” In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. An old, old prayer calls her the “first and perfect disciple” of Jesus. And old hymn says that...
Fr. Bill Carroll – The Second Sunday of Advent, December 10, 2023
Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem… In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Walter Brueggemann, the great biblical scholar, once wrote that “There is no doubt that the destruction of Jerusalem in...
Fr. Bill Carroll – Christ the King Sunday, November 26, 2023
Jesus said, “Truly, I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these, who are members of my family, you did it unto me.” In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Last Monday, we went to the Maude Cobb Convention Center to...
Fr. Bill Carroll – All Saints Sunday, November 5, 2023
Beloved, we are God’s children now. What we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: When he appears, we will be like him. In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Today, we celebrate the feast of all the saints. ...
Fr. Bill Carroll – The Twenty Second Sunday after Pentecost, October 29, 2023
“You shall be holy, for I, the LORD your God, am holy.” In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. When he answers the lawyer’s question, Jesus is quoting from today’s lesson from Leviticus. And I’d like all of us to hear his...
Fr. Bill Carroll – The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, October 15, 2023
Go therefore into the main streets, and invite everyone you find… In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. In a famous, fifth-century Christmas sermon, St. Augustine of Hippo, the great, North African bishop, preached about today’s...
Fr. Bill Carroll – The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, October 1, 2023
Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus. In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. “Life is short, and we do not have much time to gladden the hearts of those who journey the way with us. So be swift to love, and make haste...
Fr. Bill Carroll – The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 24, 2023
Or are you envious because I am generous? In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Last week, I invited you to spend some time in prayer with Rembrandt’s Return of the Prodigal Son. The painting (a copy of which can be found in Guild...