Sermons by Washington National Cathedral

May 9, 2021: Sermon by the Very Rev. Randolph Marshall Hollerith

“This is not love as an emotion. It isn’t the command to feel a certain way. It is love as action, as concern, as care for each relationship and the well-being of each person.”

Jesus’ ministry was not about moral purity. As Dean Hollerith reminded us in his sermon yesterday, to love as Jesus loved, we need to do more than hold kind feelings for others.

May 2, 2021: Sermon by the Rev. Canon Dana Colley Corsello

“We are born from love into love, not from sin and shame.”

Canon Vicar Dana Colley Corsello reminded us yesterday that love is at the core of who we are. Even if it’s scary or imperfect, as children of God, we are called to love.

April 25, 2021: Sermon by the Rev. Patrick Keyser

“As people of faith seeking to follow Jesus, it is a call to lay down our lives for one another. To allow what needs to be given up to be given up, so that new life can emerge in ourselves and in this country, so that children are no longer killed, so that children no longer have to be forced to grow up with no parent, so that Black and Brown bodies are no longer killed by the police.”

 

The Rev. Patrick Keyser preached yesterday on what it means to be a good shepherd. How are you laying down your life for others?

April 18, 2021: Sermon by the Very Rev. Randolph Marshall Hollerith

“Resurrection is real. It can happen for all of us, not once, but over and over. Not only after we die, but in this life as well.”

Dean Randy Hollerith preached on the resurrection yesterday. Resurrection isn’t a sign of spiritual purity. It’s coupled with our pain and our wounds. Even our brokenness has a place in the resurrected life.

April 11, 2021: Sermon by the Rev. Canon Jan Naylor Cope

Provost Jan Naylor Cope preached at the celebration of the Holy Eucharist on April 11, 2021, the Second Sunday of Easter.

April 4, 2021: Sermon by the Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde

"Given all that you are holding in your heart right now and all that is happening in our world, it might help to know, or remember, that resurrection is a process, not an event, and it begins while it is still dark."

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde preached on Easter Sunday, reminding us all of the communal nature of the resurrection.

April 2, 2021: Sermon by the Very Rev. Randolph Marshall Hollerith

Dean Randy Hollerith preached on Good Friday.

April 1, 2021: Sermon by the Rev. Canon Rosemarie Logan Duncan

Canon for Worship Rosemarie Logan Duncan preached on Maundy Thursday.

March 21, 2021: Sermon by the Right Rev. C. Andrew Doyle

"The cross of Christ does not allow the Christian to dismiss the exile in each other."

 

We were thrilled to welcome the Right Rev. C. Andrew Doyle, Bishop of the Diocese of Texas, to preach on Sunday! Bishop Doyle's ministry is focused on service, evangelism and reconciliation.

March 14, 2021: Sermon by the Rev. Canon Rosemarie Logan Duncan

“If we want to live into the life God promises for us, then we need to look at our lives directly, seeing the good and bad - the pain and the hope mingled together.”

 

The Rev. Canon Rosemarie Logan Duncan preached this week on work we still need to do these last few weeks of Lent. Accepting God’s love for us is part of the Lenten journey.