Sermons
Fr. Bill Carroll – The Holy Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ, January 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. All is quiet on New Year's Day.A world in white gets underway.I want to be with you,Be with you, night and day.Nothing changes on New Year's...
Fr. Bill Carroll – Christmas Day, December 25, 2022
And 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. I always resist the temptation to use this lesson on Christmas Eve. That's because we need to hear from Luke. John's...
Fr. Bill Carroll – Christmas Eve, December 24, 2022
To you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. At our Bible study this week, we got to talking about our favorite Christmas movies. People mentioned a few...
Fr. Bill Carroll – Fourth Sunday of Advent, December 18, 2022
Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel, which means, “God with us.” In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Today, on this Fourth Sunday of Advent, we are coming to the end of a long, long...
Fr. Bill Carroll – Third Sunday of Advent, December 11, 2022
Strengthen the weak hands and make firm the feeble knees. Say to those who are of a fearful heart, “Be strong. Do not fear!” In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. This week, I’ve been reading a book by Fr. William Barry, SJ,...
Fr. Bill Carroll – Second Sunday of Advent, December 4, 2022
They will not hurt or destroy on all my holy mountain (says the Lord). For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Picture the scene. It takes place...
Fr. Bill Carroll – First Sunday of Advent, November 27, 2022
Let us lay aside the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. About twenty years ago, in a parish far, far away, I found myself talking to the youth group about the struggles in the...
Fr. Bill Carroll – Christ the King Sunday, November 20, 2022
Through Jesus, God was pleased to reconcile all things to himself…making peace through the blood of his Cross. In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Our Psalm today reminds me of a beloved Collect from our Prayer Book. It is a...
Fr. Bill Carroll – Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost, November 13, 2022
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Fr. Bill Carroll – All Saints’ Day, November 6, 2022
For the LORD takes pleasure in his People, and adorns the poor with victory. In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Today, beloved, we celebrate the Feast of All the Saints. And I’d like to begin with an image from the writings of...
Fr. Bill Carroll – The Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost, October 30, 2022
Jesus looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, hurry and come down; for I must stay at your house today." In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Picture Zacchaeus, sitting up there in that tree. He has heard that Jesus of Nazareth is...
Fr. Bill Carroll – The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, October 23, 2022
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Fr. Bill Carroll – The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, October 16, 2022
In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Today, we hear the strange story of Jacob wrestling with the angel. And I’ve been fascinated by it for four decades now, ever since I heard my friend Matt chant it in Hebrew at his...
Fr. Bill Carroll – The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, October 9, 2022
In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. The standard reading of today’s Gospel has much to commend it. In the story, Jesus heals ten lepers, but only one gives thanks. And that leper is a Samaritan. According to this interpretation,...
Fr. Bill Carroll – The Seveneenth Sunday after Pentecost, October 2, 2022
In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. “The righteous shall live by their faith.” These words are written in the book of the prophet Habakkuk. The Apostle Paul appeals to them in his letters, and they became a battle cry in the...
Fr. Bill Carroll – The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 18, 2022
In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Today, we hear a notoriously difficult story from Jesus. The parable of the Dishonest Steward (the translation we are using calls him a “manager”) is very hard to understand. Indeed, there are...
Fr. Bill Carroll – The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 11, 2022
Jesus said, “Just so, I tell you. There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. As I was saying to the children, when I was just a little boy, maybe five or...
Fr. Bill Carroll – The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 4, 2022
Take up your cross then, in his strength, and calmly every danger brave: it guides you to abundant life and leads to victory over the grave. In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. At 309 S. Jackson Street in Montgomery, Alabama,...
Fr. Bill Carroll – The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, August 28, 2022
Jesus said, “When YOU are invited, go and sit down at the LOWEST place.” In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Humility is a virtue. Whatever else we may be in the world’s eyes, God calls us to be simple, humble people—to live as...
Fr. Bill Carroll – The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, August 21, 2022
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Today we hear a story about Jesus healing on the Sabbath. And, like other stories of this kind, we need to be careful not to read it in an anti-Jewish way. For, in the story, Jesus is speaking...