Sermons from Grace Cathedral

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Sunday Sermons from San Francisco's Grace Cathedral, home to a community where the best of Episcopal tradition courageously embraces innovation and open-minded conversation. At Grace Cathedral, inclusion is expected and people of all faiths are welcomed. The cathedral itself, a renowned San Francisco landmark, serves as a magnet where diverse people gather to worship, celebrate, seek solace, converse and learn.

The Very Rev. Malcolm Clemens Young, ThD

Sep 18, 2022

"No slave can serve two masters… You cannot serve God and wealth.” Luke 16

Jeremiah 8:18--9:1

Psalm 79:1-9

1 Timothy 2:1-7

Luke 16:1-13

I have been dwelling on Jesus’ parable about the fired manager over the last few months. In an instant the shock of losing everything seizes him. A sense of inadequacy,...

The Very Rev. Malcolm Clemens Young, ThD

Sep 11, 2022

“Rejoice with me for I have found my sheep that was lost” (Lk. 15).

Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28

Psalm 14

1 Timothy 1:12-17

Luke 15:1-10

Mark Johnson and George Lakoff’s Metaphors We Live By is one of my favorite books. These authors point out that simple unexamined metaphors lie behind the very structure of our...

The Very Rev. Malcolm Clemens Young, ThD

Sep 4, 2022

Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, 2C32

13 Pentecost (Proper 18C) 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Eucharist

Sunday 4 September 2022

Jeremiah 18:1-11

Psalm 139:1-5, 13-17

Philemon 1-21

Luke 14:25-33

We have a stained glass window with a larger than life image of the astronaut John Glenn in his spacesuit. Like him, this morning we...