Sermons from Grace Cathedral

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. Dr. Malcolm Clemens Young

Aug 30, 2024

“Once there were three baby owls: Sarah and Percy and Bill. They lived in a hole in the trunk of a tree with their Owl Mother…” [1] These are the first lines in the children’s picture book Owl Babies. One night the three children wake up and find that their mother has gone.

The older two siblings have...

The Very Rev. Dr. Malcolm Clemens Young

Aug 25, 2024

“We have come to believe and know that you are the Holy One of God” (Jn. 6).

1 Kings 8:(1,6,10-11),22-30,41-43

Psalm 84

Ephesians 6:10-20

John 6:56-69

The Rev. Joe C. Williams

Aug 18, 2024

1 Kings 2:10-12, 3:3-14

Ephesians 5:15-20

John 6:51-58

The Rt. Rev. Austin Keith Rios

Aug 12, 2024

In the crypt of the basilica in Assisi, there is a shirt made out of hair that once adorned the mortal body of St. Clare. Each time I visited that Umbrian mecca of a kind of sainthood that remains admirable and replicable today—the decision of St. Francis and St. Clare to choose worldly poverty in exchange for...

The Very Rev. Dr. Malcolm Clemens Young

Aug 11, 2024

“[B]e kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you” (Ephesians 4).

Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA 2E46
12 Pentecost (Proper 14) 11:00 a.m. Eucharist
Sunday 11 August 2024

1 Kings 19:4-8

Psalm 130

Ephesians 4:25-5:2

John 6-35, 41-51

“Why is life sacred?...