Homily 668 – 27 APE Holy Transfiguration, Ames, Iowa December 14, 2025 Epistle:  (257) Colossians 3:4-11 Gospel:  (76) Luke 14:16-24 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, One God. The Gospel this morning may give us an unexpected answer to a very common question. The question is…

Homily 667 – 26 APE Holy Transfiguration, Ames, Iowa December 7, 2025 Epistle:  (229) Ephesians 5:9-19 Gospel:  (85) Luke 17:12-19 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, One God. One of the more striking elements of the accounts of Christ’s interactions with people while He was in…

This is homily #666 for me. And this Sunday we ended up cancelling services for a snowstorm. Perhaps superstitious, perhaps not, but either way, this is what I had planned to say if we had Church today. (Fr. Marty) Homily 666 – 25 APE Holy Transfiguration, Ames, Iowa November 30, 2025 Epistle:  (224) Ephesians 4:1-6…

Homily 665 – 24 APE Holy Transfiguration, Ames, Iowa November 23, 2025 Epistle:  (221) Ephesians 2:14-22 and (213) Galatians 5:22-6:2 Gospel:  (66) Luke 12:16-21 and (43) Matthew 11:27-30 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, One God. Why do we accumulate stuff? That is the question at…

Homily 664 – 23 APE Holy Transfiguration, Ames, Iowa November 16, 2025 Epistle:  (220) Ephesians 2:4-10 and (131) 1 Corinthians  4:9-16 Gospel:  (53) Luke 10:25-37 and (30) Matthew 9:9-13 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, One God. So this gets tricky.  Christ takes a conversation, and…

Homily 663 – 22 APE Holy Transfiguration, Ames, Iowa November 9, 2025 Epistle:  (215) Galatians 6:11-18 Gospel:  (39) Luke 8:41-56 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, One God. The account of the woman with the issue of blood, like everything in the Gospels, has so much…

Homily 661 – 20 APE Holy Transfiguration, Ames, Iowa October 26, 2025 Epistle:  (331-ctr) Hebrews 12:6-13, 25-27 (Earthquake), (200) Galatians 1:11-19 (Resurrection), (292) 2 Timothy 2:1-10 Gospel:  (27) Matthew 8:23-27 (Earthquake), (83) Luke 16:19-31 (Resurrection), (52) John 15:17-16:25 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, One God.…

Homily 660 – 19 APE Holy Transfiguration, Ames, Iowa October 19, 2025 Epistle:  (194) 2 Corinthians 11:31-12:9 Gospel:  (35) Luke 8:5-15 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, One God. We spend a lot of time in Church talking about discipleship, and following Christ, and what Christ…

Homily 659 – 17 APE Holy Transfiguration, Ames, Iowa October 5, 2025 Epistle:  (182-ctr) 2 Corinthians 6:16-7:1 Gospel:  (26) Luke 6:31-36 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, One God. Sometimes, we hear the first line of today’s gospel reading and we just stop for a moment. …

Homily 658 – 16 APE Holy Transfiguration, Ames, Iowa September 28, 2025 Epistle:  (181) 2 Corinthians 6:1-10 and (176) 2 Corinthians 4:6-15 Gospel:  (17) Luke 5:1-11 and (24) Luke 6:17-23 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, One God. Some days we feel like Simon Peter, don’t…