Cathedral Church of St Luke - Homilies

Sanctify them in the truth: thy word is truth. Sermon preached by the Reverend Dr Reggie Kidd, Dean of the Cathedral Church of St Luke, Orlando on 12 MAY 2024. Psalm 1 ; Acts 1:15-17, 21-26 ; 1 John 5:9-13 ; John 17:6-19

How is it that we move into this in-between time? We move into it by loving, by loving God, by loving one another, and remembering that we are called to love just as Jesus loved. Sermon preached by The Rev. Canon Dr. Dan Smith on 5 MAY 2024. Psalm 98 ; Acts 10:44-48 ;  1 John 5:1-6 ; John 15:9-17

May you know personally that whenever the drowning waters threaten to overwhelm you, you know that he comes from the cross into the water to lift you up and give you life. Sermon preached by the Reverend Dr Reggie Kidd, Dean of the Cathedral Church of St Luke, Orlando on 28 APRIL 2024. Psalm 22:24-30 ;  Acts 8:26-40 ;   1 John 4:7-21 ; John 15:1-8  

Consider yourselves, dead to sin and alive to God in Jesus Christ our Lord. Sermon preached by the Rev. Canon Patricia Orlando on 21 APRIL 2024. Psalm 23 ;  Acts 4:5-12 ; 1 John 3:16-24 ; John 10:11-18

“My God open my eyes, my God open my heart so that I may see how you want me to be your child.” Sermon preached by the Right Reverend Dr. Dabney Smith on 14 APRIL 2024. Psalm 4 ;  Acts 3:12-19 ; 1 John 3:1-7 ; Luke 24:36b-48

Jesus has a way of showing up in his own and evoking a Thomas like “my Lord and my God.” Sermon preached by the Reverend Dr Reggie Kidd, Dean of the Cathedral Church of St Luke, Orlando on 7 APRIL 2024. Psalm 133 ;  Acts 4:32-35 ;  1 John 1:1-2:2 ; John 20:19-31

Because of the resurrection, that in the midst of death we’re actually in life, so live. Sermon preached by Rev. Dr. Justin S Holcomb on 31 MARCH 2024. Psalm 118:1-2,14-24 ;  Acts 10:34-43 or Isaiah 25:6-9 ; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 or Acts 10:34-43 ; John 20:1-18 or Mark 16:1-8

A story of paradise, paradise lost and of paradise regained. Sermon preached by the Reverend Dr Reggie Kidd, Dean of the Cathedral Church of St Luke, Orlando on 24 MARCH 2024. Liturgy of the Palms: Psalm 118:19-29 ;  Mark 11:1-11 or John 12:2-16 Liturgy of the Word: Psalm 31:9-16 ;  Isaiah 50:4-9a ; Philippians 2:5-11 ; Mark 14:1-15:47 or Mark 15:1-39,(40-47)

Each of us has to hear that voice, “I was thinking of you”. Sermon preached by the Reverend Dr Reggie Kidd, Dean of the Cathedral Church of St Luke, Orlando on 17 MARCH 2024. Psalm 51:1-13 or 119:9-16 ;  Jeremiah 31:31-34 ; Hebrews 5:5-10 ; John 12:20-33  

Are you spiritually dead, walking around in zombie land under the control of passions you cannot understand? Sermon preached by the Reverend Dr Reggie Kidd, Dean of the Cathedral Church of St Luke, Orlando on 10 MARCH 2024. Psalm 107:1-3,17-22 ;  Number 21:4-9 ; Ephesians 2:1-10 ; John 3:14-21

Lord have mercy on them as well as on me, and incline my heart to keep this law. Sermon preached by the Reverend Dr Reggie Kidd, Dean of the Cathedral Church of St Luke, Orlando on 3 MARCH 2024. Psalm 19 ;  Exodus 20:1-17 ; 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 ; John 2:13-22  

"None of us have faced what those modern Christians did. But we are called nonetheless to lose our lives for his sake, for the gospels sake.” Sermon preached by the Rev. Canon Patricia Orlando on 25 FEBRUARY 2024. Psalm 22:22-30 ;  Genesis 17:1-7,15-16 ; Romans 4:13-25 ; Mark 8:31-38  

“…Christianity is at bottom and all the way through a love story so magnificently displayed in a man and a woman together in marriage.” Sermon preached by the Reverend Dr Reggie Kidd, Dean of the Cathedral Church of St Luke, Orlando on 18 FEBRUARY 2024. Psalm 25:1-9 ;  Genesis 9:8-17 ; 1 Peter 3:18-22 ; Mark 1:9-15

“This honestly should be a common movement in the life of every Christian: being blind, having an experience of revelation, and sharing that revelation with others.” Sermon preached by Dr. Kyle Wisdom, on 11 FEBRUARY 2024. Psalm 50:1-6 ; 2 Kings 2:1-12 ; 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 ; Mark 9:2-9  

Jesus came to push back the night. Sermon preached by the Reverend Dr Reggie Kidd, Dean of the Cathedral Church of St Luke, Orlando on 4 FEBRUARY 2024. Psalm 147:1-12, 21c ; Isaiah 40:21-31 ; 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 ; Mark 1:29-39

In Advent we wait, knowing the baby is coming. Sermon preached by the Rev. Canon Patricia Orlando on 17 DECEMBER 2023. Psalm 126 or Canticle 3 or 15 ; Isaiah 61:1-4,8-11 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 ; John 1:6-8,19-28

Christians feed on the word of god. Sermon preached by The Rev. Canon Josh Bales on 19 NOVEMBER 2023. Judges 4:1-7 & Psalm 123 or Zephaniah 1:7,12-18 & Psalm 90:1-8,(9-11),12 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 ; Matthew 25:14-30

If you feel like nobody understands you, or cares at all what happens to you, Jesus does and so do the rest of us. Sermon preached by the Reverend Dr Reggie Kidd, Dean of the Cathedral Church of St Luke, Orlando on 05 NOVEMBER 2023. Joshua 3:7-17 & Psalm 107:1-7,33-37 or Micah 3:5-12 & Psalm 43 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:9-13 ; Matthew 23:1-12

We want holiness on our own terms, and it can never be on our own terms. Holiness is linked with the life of the living God. Sermon preached by the Rev. Canon Patricia Orlando on 15 OCTOBER 2023. Exodus 32:1-14 & Psalm 106:1-6,19-23 or Isaiah 25:1-9 & Psalm 23 ; Philippians 4:1-9 ; Matthew 22:1-14

It was freeing to realize I didn’t have to justify my existence by being right all the time. Sermon preached by the Reverend Dr Reggie Kidd, Dean of the Cathedral Church of St Luke, Orlando on 08 OCTOBER 2023. Exodus 20:1-4,7-9, 12-20 & Psalm 19 or Isaiah 5:1-7 & Psalm 80:7-14; Philippians 3:4b-14 ; Matthew 21:33-46

“For me, to live is Christ, to die is gain.” Sermon preached by the Reverend Dr Reggie Kidd, Dean of the Cathedral Church of St Luke, Orlando on 24 SEPTEMBER 2023. Exodus 16:2-15 & Psalm 105:1-6,37-45 or Jonah 3:10—4:11 & Psalm 145:1-8 ; Philippians 1:21-30 ; Matthew 20:1-16

Every time God delivers, we see His faithful promise keeping, we see His fearsome power over everything, and we see His fatherly presence. Sermon preached by The Rev. Canon Josh Bales on 17 SEPTEMBER 2023. Exodus 14:19-31 & Psalm 114 ( or Exodus 15:1b-11, 20-21 as a Canticle) or Genesis 50:15-21 & Psalm 103:(1-7), 8-13 ; Romans 14:1-12 ; Matthew 18:21-35

We’ve been pardoned, forgiven, and wrapped in the blanket of the I Am’s saving holiness. We really have! Sermon preached by the Reverend Dr Reggie Kidd, Dean of the Cathedral Church of St Luke, Orlando on 10 SEPTEMBER 2023. Exodus 12:1-14 & Psalm 149 or Ezekiel 33:7-11 & Psalm 119:33-40 ; Romans 13:8-14 ; Matthew 18:15-20

We have a God who loves us so much that he jumps into the hole, into that pit that were in and he wraps himself around us, and is so powerful enough that he can lift us up out of that pit. Sermon preached by the Rev. Canon Patricia Orlando on 03 SEPTEMBER 2023. Exodus 3:1-15 & Psalm 105:1-6,23-26,45c or Jeremiah 15:15-21 & Psalm 26:1-8 ; Romans 12:9-21 ; Matthew 16:21-28

The agents of power that the world would chose to lead their organizations, lead their nations, or lead their cause, those are not the people God would chose. Sermon preached on 27 AUGUST 2023 by the Rev. Canon Josh Bales Exodus 1:8—2:10 & Psalm 124 or Isaiah 51:1-6 & Psalm 138 ; Romans 12:1-8 ; Matthew 16:13-20