The World Is Not As It Seems To Be
Sermons from Grace Cathedral
Discover why the world is not as it seems through a stunning surfing revelation and Jesus' shocking prophecy about Jerusalem's magnificent Temple. In this powerful Pentecost sermon from Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, Dean Malcolm Clemens Young unveils how God's reality of love and joy lies hidden beneath the surface of worldly power—and what this means for us today. What You'll Discover: ✅ The surfing moment that revealed paradise hidden in the ordinary gray world ✅ How Jerusalem's dazzling Temple—covered in gold and silver—seemed...
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Do Dogs Go To Heaven?
Sermons from Grace Cathedral
#LifeAfterDeath #Resurrection #Grief #Requiem Discover what Jesus really teaches about life after death through a deeply personal story about loss and hope. In this moving All Souls Day sermon from Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, Dean Malcolm Clemens Young shares the story of his beloved dog Poppy's peaceful death and explores Jesus' profound answer to the Sadducees' question about resurrection. What You'll Discover: ✅ The story of Poppy's last walk and what it teaches about grief and loss ✅ Why the Sadducees tried to trap Jesus with their question about marriage and resurrection ✅ What...
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The Very Rev. John Witcombe
Sermons from Grace Cathedral
All Christians are called to be Christ’s ambassadors in the ministry of reconciliation (2 Cor 5.18). That means following Christ into the fractures of the world around us - ready to heal the wounds of history, to learn to live with difference and celebrate diversity, and build a culture of justice and peace. For those being baptised on this All Saints Sunday it is their calling too, wherever life may take them - and to take encouragement from the story of Coventry where we learned that reconciliation is possible, even when things may seem at their worst. The Very Rev. John Witcombe,...
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The Merciful Thug
Sermons from Grace Cathedral
The Rev. Rebecca Lyman Samuel Garrett Professor of Church History Emerita, The Church Divinity School of the Pacific Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA Sunday, October 26th, 2025 The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 25 Joel 2:23-32 Psalm 65:1-8 2 Timothy 4:6-8,16-18 Luke 18:9-14 How do we live faithfully in a world of violence and chaos? Jesus and other Jewish leaders wrestled with this question under Roman occupation in Judea. In the Gospel of Luke this morning Jesus gives us another story about the broad mercy of God and the reversal of our usual expectations of...
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Staying Hopeful in Difficult Times
Sermons from Grace Cathedral
The Very Rev. Dr. Malcolm Clemens Young Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA 2F34 19 Pentecost (Proper 24C, Track 1) 11 a.m. Eucharist Sunday 19 October 2025 | Children's Sabbath Jeremiah 31:27-34 Psalm 119:97-104 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5 Luke 18:1-8
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Between Two Worlds: Building Homes in Babylon
Sermons from Grace Cathedral
The Rev. Joe C. Williams, Succentor Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 23 Sunday, October 12, 2025 Jeremiah 29:1,4-7 2 Timothy 2:8-15 Luke 17:11-19
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Conversation with a Spotted Owl
Sermons from Grace Cathedral
The Very Rev. Dr. Malcolm Clemens Young Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA 2F33 St. Francis Sunday (Year C) 11:00 a.m. Eucharist Sunday 5 October 2025 | Pet Blessing Job 39:1-18 Psalm 121 Acts 4:32-35, 5:1-11 Luke 12:13-21
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The Rev. Canon J. Sierra Reyes
Sermons from Grace Cathedral
The Rev. Canon J. Sierra Reyes Canon to the Ordinary, The Diocese of California The Feast of St. Michael and All Angels 11 am Eucharist Sunday 28 September 2025 Genesis 28:10-17 Psalm 103:19-22 Revelation 12:7-12 John 1:47-51
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Trying to Get in to Heaven
Sermons from Grace Cathedral
The Very Rev. Dr. Malcolm Clemens Young Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA 2F29 14 Pentecost (Proper 19C) 11 a.m. Eucharist Sunday 14 September 2025 | Congregation Sunday Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28 Psalm 14 1 Timothy 1:12-17 Luke 15:1-10
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Grace Cathedral September 11, 2001
Sermons from Grace Cathedral
Malcolm Clemens Young Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA 2F28 Evensong 60 5:30 p.m. Choral Evensong Thursday 11 September 2025 | Chorister Investiture 1 Chron. 15:16, 19-25, 28 Psalm 146 2 Cor. 3:1-3
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June 1, 2025 - 6 p.m. Pride Mass
1 Corinthians 29:14b-19
Psalm 84
John 21:15-24