O Lazarus!: Resurrection, Immigration and the Soul
Release Date: 03/22/2026
Which Way is Heaven?
Sermons from Grace Cathedral
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
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A More Powerful Force (Love & Nonviolence)
Sermons from Grace Cathedral
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
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Making Our Spiritual Beds
Sermons from Grace Cathedral
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
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The Right Rev. Austin Keith Rios - Sermon from Diocesan Confirmation
Sermons from Grace Cathedral
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
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In the Presence of Enemies, The Table is Set
Sermons from Grace Cathedral
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
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More Than a Meal
Sermons from Grace Cathedral
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 recognize who has been walking beside us all along. The Rev. Dr. Mees Tielens Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA 3 Easter (Year A) 11:00 a.m. Eucharist Sunday April 19th, 2026 Acts 2:14a,...
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Faith Is Not Certainty. It’s Something Deeper
Sermons from Grace Cathedral
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, this sermon challenges the false choice between “literal” and “metaphorical” readings of the Bible, and reframes belief as something lived over time rather than proven in a moment. ...
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The Right Rev. Austin Keith Rios - Easter Sunday Sermon
Sermons from Grace Cathedral
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
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Easter and What Heaven Really Is
Sermons from Grace Cathedral
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 sermon invites us to see Easter as the moment when heaven and earth meet. Featuring reflections inspired by N.T. Wright, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and the poetry of Anne Porter, this...
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Why Do We Have an Easter Vigil?
Sermons from Grace Cathedral
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, this sermon shows how baptism draws us into God’s story. Through fire, water, scripture, and song, the Easter Vigil proclaims that Christ’s resurrection is not just something we remember—it...
info_outlineWhat 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, Jon Levinson, Kevin Madigan, Athanasius and early Christian witness, this sermon wrestles with a pressing ethical question: Is it ever acceptable to cause someone to suffer for the sake of the greater good?
From the tears of Jesus at Lazarus’ tomb to modern immigration detention policies, this message challenges us to reject systems that justify cruelty—and instead embrace the liberating, life-giving Spirit of Christ.
✨ Themes include:
* The meaning of resurrection in John’s Gospel
* “I am the resurrection and the life” explained
* Christian ethics and the danger of utilitarian thinking
* Immigration, human dignity, and moral responsibility
* What it feels like to live “in Christ”
Like Lazarus, we are called out of our tombs—unbound and set free.
📍 Grace Cathedral, San Francisco📅 Fifth Sunday of Lent (Year A)
The Very Rev. Dr. Malcolm Clemens Young
Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA 2G6
5 Lent (Year A) 11:00 a.m. Eucharist
Sunday, March 22nd, 2026
Ezekiel 37:1-14
Psalm 130
Romans 8:6-11
John 11:1-45