Sermons from Grace Cathedral

Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA June 29, 2025 - 11 a.m Eucharist   2 Kings:2:1-2, 6-14 Psalm 77:1-2, 11-20 Galatians 5:1, 13-25 Luke 9:51-62    

Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA June 29, 2025 - 11 a.m Eucharist   2 Kings:2:1-2, 6-14 Psalm 77:1-2, 11-20 Galatians 5:1, 13-25 Luke 9:51-62    

Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA June 22, 2025 - The Second Sunday After Pentecost   1 Kings 19:1-15a Psalm 42:1-7 Galatians 2:23-29 Luke 8:26-39

Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA June 22, 2025 - The Second Sunday After Pentecost   1 Kings 19:1-15a Psalm 42:1-7 Galatians 2:23-29 Luke 8:26-39

The Rev. Joe C. Williams Grace Cathedral, San Francisco June 15, 2025 - Trinity Sunday: The First Sunday After Pentecost Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 Psalm 8 John 16: 12-15

Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA June 8, 2025   Acts 2:1-21 Psalm 104::25-35, 37 Romans 8:14-17 John 14:8-17, 25-27

Diocesan Ordinations of a Deacon and Priests Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA June 7, 2025   Isiah 6:1-8 Psalm 43 Ephesians 4-7, 11-16 John 6:35-38

Diocesan Ordinations of a Deacon and Priests Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA June 7, 2025   Isiah 6:1-8 Psalm 43 Ephesians 4-7, 11-16 John 6:35-38

Diocesan Ordinations of a Deacon and Priests Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA June 7, 2025   Isiah 6:1-8 Psalm 43 Ephesians 4-7, 11-16 John 6:35-38

Grace Cathedral, San Francisco June 1, 2025 - 6 p.m. Pride Mass   1 Corinthians 29:14b-19 Psalm 84 John 21:15-24

"And let anyone who is thirsty come. Let anyone who wishes take the water of life as a gift" (Rev. 22).   Acts 16:16-34 Psalm 97 Rev. 22:12-14,16-17,20-21 John 17:20-26

Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA The Sixth Sunday of Easter, 11 a.m. Eucharist May 25, 2025   Acts 16:9-15 Psalm 67 Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5 John 14:23-29

Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA 2F16 5 Easter (Year C) RCL 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. Eucharist Sunday 18 May 2025 | Bay to Breakers   Acts 11:1-18 Psalm 148 Revelation 21:1-6 John 13:31-35   Most holy God, make all things new. Make all things new, beginning with us. Amen.   "People don't realize how a [person's] whole life can be changed by one book." I came across this sentence at the age of twenty-...

Grace Cathedral, San Francisco The Fourth Sunday in Easter, Mother's Day May 11, 2025   Acts 9:36-43 Psalm 23 Revelation 7:9-17 John 10:22-30

Th​is sermon explores what makes a true movement leader, building from the gospel passage from John 21 and scholarship of Raymond Brown. Love, vicarious authority, and sacrifice emerge as the Christlike qualities needed—not only in the church but in social movements today. From Occupy to Black Lives Matter, we see the power and risk of decentralized movements. Our call as people of faith is to rec...

Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA 2F13 Easter Sunday (Year C) 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. Eucharist Sunday 20 April 2025   Acts 10:34-43 Psalm 118:1,2,14-24 1 Corinthians 15:19-26 Luke 24:1-12

In this sermon, the Rev. Canon Anna E. Rossi explores the profound theological and emotional struggle to find meaning and God's presence amid suffering and atrocity, using the lens of the aftermath of the Shoah (Holocaust.) In all circumstances, even in the face of overwhelming evil, there is a human impulse to seek understanding through faith. The message affirms God's presence not in power or es...

The Rev. Canon Mary Carter Greene Grace Cathedral, San Francisco   Exodus 12:1-14 Psalm 116:1, 10-17  1 Corinthians 1:23-26 John 13:1-17,31b-35

Clergy and laity of the diocese gather to renew their vows of ordination and services in a beautiful Holy Week liturgy with the Rt. Rev. Austin Keith Rios, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of California, preaching and presiding. This year, we will joyfully install the Very Rev. Dr. Cameron Partridge as Dean of the San Francisco Deanery. Further, Oil of Chrism is consecrated in the midst of the litu...

In her Palm Sunday homily, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde reflects on the tension between purposeful action and humble acceptance, using Jesus' journey to the cross as a model of courageous surrender. She draws on Scripture, the Serenity Prayer, and personal experience to explore how we are called to live with intention even when faced with hardship or circumstances beyond our control. Jesus' delibera...

The intensive sensory experience of today's Gospel might obscure the context of a meal. This is especially poignant in a gospel that has no institution narrative, but offers a rich Eucharistic interpretation through themes of memory, community, and ethics. Mary's act of anointing Jesus symbolizes memory, recalling Jesus' command to remember Him. The community aspect is highlighted by Mary's role a...

Grace Cathedral, San Francisco March 30, 2025   Joshua 5:9-12 Psalm 32 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 Luke15:1-3, 11b-32

Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA 2F12 3 Lent (Year C) 11:00 a.m. Eucharist Sunday 23 March 2025   Exodus 3:1-15 Psalm 63:1-8 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 Luke 13:1-9   The time has come to change your life. Alex Ross writes about a sound and light installation by the composer John Luther Adams (1953-) at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks. It is called The Place Where You Go to Listen. The title ref...