Trinity 3 – Jun 17, 2018

St. Mary the Virgin Anglican Church, Canon Claude Schroeder

Sermon on 2 Cor. 5.6-19, Mark 4. 26-34.

in his Gospel, St. Mark is concerned to present and defend Jesus’ universal call, to men and women everywhere, to follow Him. Throughout this Trinity season we are going to be reading through St. Mark’s Gospel in church on Sunday mornings. The question before us is this, “What does it mean to follow a crucified and risen Savior, who is Jesus Christ?”

Today we are in the 4th chapter of St. Mark, which is given over entirely to a number of parables, of which we heard two: the parable of the growing seed, and the parable of the mustard seed. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, which is what we get in the parables, a short picture story, which was Jesus’ preferred method of teaching. Continue reading “Trinity 3 – Jun 17, 2018”

June17, 2018 – Third Sunday after Trinity


O LORD, we beseech thee mercifully to hear us; and grant that we, to whom thou hast given an hearty desire to pray, may by thy mighty aid be defended and comforted in all dangers and adversities; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Ezekiel 17:22-24; Psalm 92; 2 Corinthians 5:6-10,14-17; Mark 4: 26-34

This week’s sermon: Trinity 3 – Jun 17, 2018

This week’s bulletin: June 17 Third Sunday after Trinity Sunday

Trinity 2 – June 10, 2018

St.Mary’s Anglican Church, Canon Claude Schroeder

Mark 3:20-35

I announced last Sunday that for the rest of this church calendar we are going to be reading through Mark’s Gospel in church on Sunday mornings. In his Gospel, St. Mark is concerned to present and defend Jesus’ universal call, to men and women everywhere, to follow Him. The question before us is this, “What does it mean to follow a crucified and risen Saviour, who is Jesus Christ?” We might also ask, “ls it worth it?” Continue reading “Trinity 2 – June 10, 2018”

June 10, 2018 – Second Sunday after Trinity

O LORD, who never failest to help and govern them whom thou dost bring up in thy steadfast fear and love: Keep us, we beseech thee, under the protection of thy good providence, and make us to have a perpetual fear and love of thy holy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Genesis 3:8-15; Psalm 130; 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1; Mark 3:20-35

This week’s sermon: Trinity 2 – June 10, 2018

This week’s bulletin: June 10th Second Sunday after Trinity Sunday

Trinity 1 – June 3, 2018

St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Canon Claude Schroeder

Mark 2:23-3:6

Today marks another shift in our plan for Sunday mornings at St. Mary’s. Having gone through the seasons and the Festivals of Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Passiontide, Easter, Ascension, and Pentecost, where we have rehearsed the mighty acts of God in the birth, baptism, miraculous manifestations, temptation, suffering, death, resurrection, ascension of the Lord, and the sending of the Holy Spirit, and having celebrated last Sunday the revelation of the worship of the Holy Trinity, we now embark on the season of Trinity, which will take us all the way to the end of current church calendar in November. Continue reading “Trinity 1 – June 3, 2018”

June 3, 2018 – First Sunday after Trinity


O God, the strength of all them that put their trust in thee, mercifully accept our prayers; and because through the weakness of our mortal nature, we can do no good thing without thee, grant us the help of thy grace, that in keeping of thy commandments we may please thee both in will and deed; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Trinity Sunday – May 27, 2018

St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Canon Claude Schroeder

Lectionary: Isaiah 6:1-8; Psalm 29; Romans 8:12-17; John 3:1-17

It was the spring of 1996, 22 years ago, that I experienced my first theological crisis as an Anglican priest. The trauma of that event is still with me. I was serving a small rural community in Alberta’s Peace River Country, and was driving down the highway one afternoon with my eldest son, who was three at the time, strapped in the child seat in the back of the car.

It was dead quiet, and then it happened. All of a sudden a voice called to me, “Dad, who is God?” Continue reading “Trinity Sunday – May 27, 2018”