Fr. Allen

Sermon Preached for the 22nd Sunday after Trinity, November 5, 2023, by Fr. Allen “So likewise shall my heavenly Father do unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.” In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.      With today’s

Sermon Preached for Christ the King Sunday (the Last Sunday in October) by Fr. Allen “We give thanks unto the Father, which hath… translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son.” In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.     In just four weeks, our Church

Sermon Preached at St. Michael the Archangel on October 22, 2023 for The Twentieth Sunday after Trinity on the day’s Gospel Reading. “Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding-garment? And he was speechless.” In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.      Before we

Sermon preached by Fr. Allen On October 8, 2023, The Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity. I am sure all of us here are familiar with that psychological phenomenon known as the “doorway effect”? It’s the phrase coined by psychologists to describe the frustrating experience of entering a room and forgetting what we were going to do,

“Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we, worthily lamenting our sins and acknowledging our wretchedness, may obtain perfect remission and forgiveness”  In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen     On Ash Wednesday in 1623, Lancelot Andrewes reminded his listeners (by a sermon

“And immediately he receive his sight, and followed him, glorifying God.” In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.     As we all know, the best defense is a great offence. So, this Pre-Lenten Season, we have been proactively trying to recognize and engage those things which

Fr. Allen’s sermon from Sexagesima Sunday: “A Pre-Lenten Check-Up with the Gentle Doctor of our Souls,” Preached at St Michael the Archangel Anglican Church in Matthews, NC on February 12, 2023. “What might this parable be? And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God.”  In the Name of the

Preached on January 22, 2023 Jesus’ Miracle at Cana, where He turns the water into wine, is an invitation to see who He is, what He is about, and how we can believe on Him as the Messiah. Last week we saw how part of the epiphany our Prayer Book wants us to have about Jesus