Sermons from Grace Cathedral

The Rev. Br. Richard Edward Helmer Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA 6 Pentecost (Proper 9A) 11:00 a.m. Eucharist Sunday 5 July 2026 Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67 Psalm 45:11-18 Romans 7:15-25a Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30

The Rev. Canon Mary Carter Greene Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA 5 Pentecost (Proper 8A) 11:00 a.m. Eucharist Sunday 28 June 2026   Genesis 22:1-14 Psalm 13 Romans 6:12-23 Matthew 10:40-42

The Rev. Br. Richard Edward Helmer Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA 4 Pentecost (Proper 7A) 11:00 a.m. Eucharist Sunday 21 June 2026   Genesis 21:8-21 Psalm 86:1-10, 16-17 Romans 6:1b-11 Matthew 10:24-39

The Rev. Canon Mary Carter Greene Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA 3 Pentecost (Proper 6A) 11:00 a.m. Eucharist Sunday 14 June 2026   Genesis 18:1-15 Psalm 116:1, 10-17 Romans 5:1-8 Matthew 9:35-10:8

Joe C. Williams Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA Pride Mass 6:00 p.m. Sunday 7 June 2026   1 Chronicles 29:14b-19 Psalm 84 John 21:15-24

Malcolm Clemens Young Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA 2G20 2 Pentecost (Proper 5A) 11:00 a.m. Eucharist Sunday 7 June 2026   Genesis 12:1-9 Psalm 33:1-12 Romans 4:13-25 Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26

The Very Rev. Joe C. Williams Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA Pentecost Sunday (Year A) 11:00 a.m. Eucharist Sunday 24 May 2026   Acts 2:1-21 Psalm 104:25-35, 37 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 John 20:19-23

The Very Rev. Br. Richard Edward Helmer Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA 7 Easter (Year A) 11:00 a.m. Eucharist Sunday 17 May 2026 Acts 1:6-14 Psalm 68:1-10 1 Peter 4:12-14 John 17:1-11

The Very Rev. Dr. Malcolm Clemens Young Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA 6 Easter (Year A) 11:00 a.m. Eucharist Sunday 10 May 2026 Acts 17:22-31 Psalm 66:7-18 1 Peter 3:13-22 John 14:15-21

The Rev. Br. Richard Edward Helmer Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA 5 Easter (Year A) 11 a.m. Eucharist Sunday May 3rd, 2026   Acts 7:55-60 Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16 1 Peter 2:2-10 John 14:1-14

The Right Rev. Austin Keith Rios, Bishop of California Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA Saturday, May 2nd, 2026 Isaiah 30:18-21 Psalm 119:33-40 2 Corinthians 4:1-6 John 14:6-14

The Rev. Canon Mary Carter Greene Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA 4 Easter (Year A) 11:00 a.m. Eucharist Sunday April 26th, 2026   Acts 2:42-47 Psalm 23 1 Peter 2:19-25 John 10:1-10

Remembering is the heart of the Eucharist. When we share bread and wine, we remember the Last Supper, the crucifixion, and the resurrection all at once. We taste both the brokenness of the world and God's victory over death. We glimpse the kingdom. But remembering is not the point. The point is the encounter the remembering makes possible — the moment, like the disciples in Emmaus, when we recogni...

What does it really mean to have faith? In this Easter season sermon from Grace Cathedral, Malcolm Clemens Young explores the story of Thomas—often called "Doubting Thomas"—to discover that faith is not about passing a test of certainty. Instead, it is about becoming the kind of person who is open to trust, loyalty, and relationship with God. Looking closely at the Greek text of John's Gospel, thi...

The Right Rev. Austin Keith Rios, Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of California Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA 2G10 Easter Sunday (Year A) 11 a.m. Eucharist Sunday 5 April 2026   Acts 10:34-43 Ps. 118:1-2, 14-24 Colossians 3:1-4 John 20:1-18

What do we mean when we say "heaven"?   In this Easter Sunday sermon from Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, Malcolm Clemens Young explores a deeper, richer vision of heaven—not as a distant place we go someday, but as God's dimension breaking into our world here and now.   Drawing on scripture, theology, and memory—from childhood Easters to Mary Magdalene's encounter with the risen Christ—this ser...

Why do Christians gather in the dark on the night before Easter? In this Easter Vigil sermon from Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, Malcolm Clemens Young explores the meaning of one of the Church's most powerful and ancient services. Moving from the fourth century conversion of Augustine, to the critique of Christendom by Søren Kierkegaard, to the modern revival of the Vigil at Grace Cathedral, th...

The Rev. Br. Richard Edward Helmer, Precentor Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA Friday, April 3rd, 2026, 3p Solemn Liturgy of Good Friday Isaiah 52:13-53:12 Hebrews 4:14-16, 5:7-9 Psalm 22:1-11 John 18:1-19:42

The Rev. Canon Mary Carter Greene Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA April 2nd, 2026 6 pm Maundy Thursday   Exodus 12:1-14 Psalm 116:1, 10-17 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 John 13;1-17, 31b-35

The Rt. Rev. Austin Keith Rios Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA March 31st, 2026 10:30a.m. Chrism Mass Isaiah 49:1-7 Psalm 71:1-14 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 John 12:20-36

What does Hosanna really mean? On Palm Sunday, we shout "Hosanna in the highest"—but this ancient word is not a cheer of celebration. It is a cry for help: "Save us, we pray." In this sermon, we explore how that cry Is answered in impossibly to imagine ways, from Psalm 118 to the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem in Gospel of Matthew to our own day. In a time marked by fear, division, and loss of trus...

What is resurrection—and what does it mean to truly live "in the Spirit"? In this powerful Lenten sermon from Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, Malcolm Clemens Young explores the raising of Lazarus (John 11) and the deeper meaning of resurrection—not just as life after death, but as a transformed way of seeing and living now. Drawing on the Gospel of John, contemporary historian Ana Racquel Minian...

The Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, California March 15th, 2026, 11 a.m. Eucharist Deuteronomy 6:1-9 Psalm 119:1-8 Hebrews 9:11-14 Mark 12:28-34  

The Rev. Br. Richard Edward Helmer, Precentor Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA The Third Sunday in Lent, March 8th, 2026, 11 a.m. Eucharist Exodus 17:1-7 Romans 5:1-11 Psalm 95:1-7 John 4:5-42

The Rev. Canon Mary Carter Greene, Canon Pastor Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA Sunday, March 1st, 2026 11 a.m. Eucharist Genesis 12:1-4a Psalm 121 Romans 4:1-5,13-17