Jonathan Daniels and Christ’s Fire
Sermons from Grace Cathedral
Grace Cathedral, San Francisco The Rev. Joe C. Williams Isaiah 5:1-7 Psalm 80:7-14 Hebrews 11:29-12:2 Luke 12:49-56
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Called to Environmental Justice
Sermons from Grace Cathedral
Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA The Rev. Canon Mary Carter Greene August 10, 2025 Isaiah 1:1, 10-20 Psalm 50: 1-6 Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 Luke 12:32-40
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The Waters Overwhelm Us: A Call to Holiness
Sermons from Grace Cathedral
In this sermon preached by the Rev. Canon Anna E. Rossi, inspired by a summer storm and the mountaintop visions of scripture, we are invited into awe before the holiness of God. This holiness is revealed not only in overwhelming power but in justice, equity, and love. Echoing Moses’ transformation and Jesus’ transfiguration, Rossi calls us to be formed through prayer, community, and sacrament. Holiness is not for the mountaintop alone but sends us into the world for the sake of others. At the baptismal font, we remember our call: to live as consecrated people in God’s own mission. The...
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How Anglicans Pray
Sermons from Grace Cathedral
"...live your lives in Christ, rooted and built up in him..." (Col.2). The Very Rev. Dr. Malcolm Clemens Young Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA 6 Pentecost (Proper 11C) RCL and 11 a.m. Sunday 27 July 2025 | SF Marathon Hosea 1:2-10 Psalm 85 Colossians2:6-15, (16-19) Luke 11:1-13
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God Is More than Love Can Be
Sermons from Grace Cathedral
Grace Cathedral San Francisco, CA 6 Pentecost (Proper 11C) RCL 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday 20 July 2025 | Returning from the UK Amos 8:1-12 Psalm 52 Colossians 1:15-28 Luke 10:38-42 As Martha served you, Lord, so too may we with faithful hearts and loving care prepare all things in fitting fashion for your feast. But grant us more. O Lord, that as we work we may be tuned with Mary’s ear to hear in all we do, the lessons that you teach. What is God saying to you now, in this season of your life?
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What Seest Thou? The Eternal Echo of Prophetic Vision
Sermons from Grace Cathedral
The Rev. Joe C. Williams Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA July 13, 2025 11 a.m. Eucharist Amos 7:7-17 Psalm 82 Colossians 1:1-14 Luke 10: 25-37 Each time I hear this particular passage in the Book of Amos, I can’t help but think about the sculpture in Christ Chapel at Seminary of the Southwest in Austin where I attended graduate school. Sitting quietly by itself in the corner is a memorial to the life and work of Bishop John Hines, former presiding bishop and sometime Bishop of Texas. It sits where light filters through coloured glass and shadows dance across the stone floor, bronze and...
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Marching with God
Sermons from Grace Cathedral
Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA July 6, 2025 11 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Proper 9C In this homily, the Rev. Canon Anna E. Rossi draws from the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1957 sermon on Ghanaian independence to illuminate Jesus' words, "I watched Satan fall from heaven," as a metaphor for the fall of oppressive powers. Rossi's homily calls Christians to resist injustice not with violence, but through faithful, embodied action: crossing boundaries, building community, and stewarding creation. Echoing Paul, it urges perseverance in the work of the common good. The oppressor will not...
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The Rev. Canon Mary Carter Greene
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
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The Rev. Canon Mary Carter Greene
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
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The Rev. Susanna Singer
Sermons from Grace Cathedral
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
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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-two in a book that changed my life, The Autobiography of Malcolm X. I put on his worldview like a pair of reading glasses that suddenly brought the truth about our society into focus. Tomorrow we celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of his birth at a historical moment when his teachings could hardly be more important.
Our Acts passage concludes with Luke writing, “God has given even to the Gentiles the repentance that leads to life” (Acts 11). How can we too experience this “repentance that leads to life?” The Greek word for repentance is metanoia. It means a change in our nous, the very core of our being, in the very worldview that guides our decisions. All our readings today describe new life, a new pattern for human relationships, a new creation, even a new heaven and earth.