An Episcopal Sermon: March 23, 2025
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Subject of Sermon: Jesus uses two contemporary disasters and a parable of his own to stress the need for repentance.
Sermon By: The Rev. Karen Cuffie at The Episcopal Church in Almaden.
Today's Gospel Reading: Luke 13:1-9
“ At that very time there were some present who told Jesus about the
Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. He asked
them, "Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they
were worse sinners than all other Galileans? No, I tell you; but unless you
repent, you will all perish as they did. Or those eighteen who were killed
when the tower of Siloam fell on them--do you think that they were worse
offenders than all the others living in Jerusalem? No, I tell you; but unless
you repent, you will all perish just as they did."
Then he told this parable: "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard;
and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. So he said to the
gardener, 'See here! For three years I have come looking for fruit on this
fig tree, and still I find none. Cut it down! Why should it be wasting the
soil?' He replied, 'Sir, let it alone for one more year, until I dig around it
and put manure on it. If it bears fruit next year, well and good; but if not,
you can cut it down.'" ”
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