Sermons by Washington National Cathedral

June 5, 2022: Sermon by the Rev. Canon Kelly Brown Douglas

“It is time to lead the way to a nation, a society where the violence of injustice and inequity, bigotry and hate, of guns and more guns, are no more.”

On Pentecost Sunday, the Rev. Canon Kelly Brown Douglas encouraged us to, “be the Church that was blown in by the spirit of Pentecost” as we do the messy work needed bring God’s kingdom to earth.

May 29, 2022: Sermon by the Very Rev. Randolph Marshall Hollerith

"Jesus wants us to know that we are all connected. We are all one in Christ. These deaths are our deaths. This grief is our grief. Like it or not, we are all in this together."

After a devastating week, Dean Randy Hollerith reminded us of our essential connection to our neighbors.

May 22, 2022: Sermon by Dr. Catherine Meeks

“Do you want to be well?”

It was a question asked to a sick man in the gospel, and it’s asked to us today in a larger context. Do we want to be healed? Do we want to see things in a new light? Dr. Catherine Meeks tells us that each time we make the decision to be healed, we in turn help the collective to become stronger.

May 15, 2022: Sermon by the Rev. Canon Jan Naylor Cope

“I believe to the core of my being that if you look for the light, you will see the light.”

On Sunday, the Rev. Canon Jan Naylor Cope provided several examples of Cathedral community members who recently inspired her. The love they showed is “more powerful than hate or fear or anything that seeks to divide us.”

May 8, 2022: Sermon by the Rev. Canon Dana Colley Corsello

“The 23rd Psalm bears witness to the way the heart of Christ thirsts for every soul as if it were the only soul ever created.”

 

God’s love is not passive. God actively pursues us and, as the Rev. Canon Dana Corsello says, “God always takes the initiative with us.”

May 1, 2022: Sermon by the Rev. Patrick Keyser

“God finds us and is revealed to us in the ordinary of our lives – in our work, in our struggles, indeed in our eating.”

 

Yes, we see and feel God’s presence when we gather for worship on Sunday. However, as the Rev. Patrick Keyser reminds us, God is made known to us in all aspects of our lives.

 

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April 24, 2022: Sermon by the Rev. Canon Leonard L. Hamlin, Sr.

“We must recognize that there are issues that can only be addressed when there's a great leap of faith.”

After hearing the news of Jesus’s resurrection, the disciples hid behind closed and locked doors. The Rev. Canon Leonard L. Hamlin, Sr. asked us on Sunday to be transformed by the resurrection – to make an effort to understand, love and show our neighbors grace.

April 17, 2022: Sermon by the Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde

"Go to the places where love is needed most with whatever love you have to give–that’s resurrection in you. Wherever there is joy, do your best to celebrate and protect it, even if it’s not yours–that’s resurrection working in you."

As Bishop Budde reminded us on Easter Sunday, we can be part of God's resurrection work.

April 16, 2022: Sermon by the Very Rev. Randolph Marshall Hollerith

Dean Randy Hollerith preached at the Easter Vigil on Saturday, April 16.

April 15, 2022: Sermon by the Rev. Canon Leonard L. Hamlin, Sr.

The Rev. Canon Leonard L. Hamlin, Sr. preached at our Good Friday service on April 15, 2022.