Saint Mark's sermon for the Second Sunday of Advent, 12/10/2023. Our rector, Columba, challenges the assumption that we can only pray for peace and not, instead, become peacemakers—because that's what the world really needs.

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Our sermon for 12/3/23, the First Sunday of Advent (Year B), titled "Enduringly Awake." In this sermon, Rev. Columba addresses insomnia, staying "woke," and a call to be alert to the world around us.

Our sermon for the Last Sunday after Pentecost (also called Christ the King or the Reign of Christ) connects the controversiality of Jesus' teachings against the established power-holders of society to our objective to live lives that might be perceived as controversial in order to fulfill the Gospel's call to ministry.

Our sermon for the 25th Sunday after Pentecost (Year A), "The Riskiness of Prophecy" highlights the risks that Deborah took in sharing her prophecy and connects it to the risks we should be open to taking to be prophets in the world. Preached by the Rev Columba Salamony (Rector of Saint Mark's).

Our sermon for the 24th Sunday after Pentecost, preached by The Rt. Rev. Stephen T. Lane, Bishop Provisional of the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester.

Our sermon for All Saints' Sunday, preached by the Rev. Columba Salamony (Rector, Saint Mark's).

From our funeral service for long-time member, Mary Pat Pennell, offered by Dixie Whitney.

Saint Mark's sermon for the 22nd Sunday after Pentecost (Year A1), preached by The Rev. Columba Salamony.

Full manuscript of the text can be found here.

Our sermon for 10/22/23, the 21st Sunday after Pentecost (Year 1, CR)

Preached by The Rev. Columba Salamony, Rector of Saint Mark's, Penn Yan.

Saint Mark's sermon for 10/15/22, the 20th Sunday after Pentecost (Year A, CR)

Preached by The Rev. Columba Salamony, Rector of Saint Mark's, Penn Yan.