Rotten Apple Seeds
by Matthew D’Amario
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Sermon for November 1, 2026, All Saints, Year A
Sermon for November 1, 2026, All Saints, Year A
About this podcast
This podcast is the collection of my sermons and other opportunities to teach at the congregation I serve. I am an Episcopal priest. I am currently serving the congregation of Christ Episcopal Church in Denton, on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
Typically, I begin an episode with a short explanation of the Gospel, then read the Gospel, then begin the sermon. This is how most episodes containing sermons will unfold. I hope you get something out of my message! Feel free to share your comments with me!
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- Sermon for November 1, 2026, All Saints, Year A · 18 minHere is today’s sermon, November 1, 2026, All Saints, Year A. It is based on the way that we approach saints. Instead of treating saints as statues on a pedestal, we appropriate…
- Sermon for October 25, 2026, Proper 25, Year A · 17 minHere is today’s sermon, October 25, 2026, Proper 25, year A. It is based on Matthew 22:34-46, “Love God and Love your Neighbor”. In it I make the point that love is not an act of…
- Sermon for October 18, 2026, Proper 24, Year A · 21 minHere is today’s sermon, October 18, 2026, Proper 24, Year A. It is based on Exodus 33: 12-23, Moses beholding the back side of the Glory of Almighty God. In it I make the point…
- Sermon for October 11, 2026, Proper 23, Year A · 24 minHere is today’s sermon, October 11, 2026, Proper 23, Year A. It is based on Matthew 14: 1-22, the Parable of the Wedding Banquet. In it I make the point that the true character…
- Sermon for October 4, 2026, Proper 22, Year A · 21 minHere is today’s sermon, October 4, 2026, Proper 22, Year A. It is based on Matthew 21:33-46, the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard. In it I make the point that the…
- Sermon for September 27, 2026, Proper 22, Year A · 20 minHere is today’s sermon, September 27, 2026, proper 22, Year A. It is based on Matthew 21:23-33. The authority of Jesus. In it I discuss the origin of legitimation in societies…
- Sermon for September 20, 2026, proper 20, Year A · 21 minHere is today’s sermon, September 20, 2026, Proper 20, Year A. It is based on Matthew 20: 1-16, the Workers in the Vineyard. In it I make the observation that the human economy…
- Sermon for September 13, 2026, Proper 19, Year A · 20 minHere is today’s sermon, September 13, 2026, Proper 9, Year A. It is based on Matthew 18:21-35, “Forgive seven times seventy times”. In it I discuss the fact that when we are…
- Sermon for September 6, 2026, Proper 18, Year A · 16 minHere is today’s sermon, September 6, 2026, Proper 18, Year A. It is based on Matthew 18:15-20, Conflict in the Church. In it I describe the situation that the Early Church faced…
- Sermon for August 30, 2026, Proper 17, Year A · 16 minHere is today’s sermon, August 30, 2026, Proper 17, Year A. It is based on Matthew 16: 21-28, “Get behind Me Satan”. In it I explain that Peter misused his newly granted power of…
- Sermon for August 23, 2026, Proper 16, Year A. · 15 minHere is today’s sermon, August 23, 2026, Proper 16, Year A. It is based on Matthew 16:13-20, “WHO do you say that I AM?” In it I observe the divisions and brokenness of our…
- Sermon for August 16, 2026, Proper 15, Year A · 17 min · Season 4 Episode 49Here is today’s sermon, August 16, 2026, Proper 15, Year A. It is based on Matthew 15: 10-28, Jesus and the Canaanite Woman. In it I explain that Jesus surrendered strategically…
- Sermon for August 9, 2026, Proper 14, Year A · 18 min · Season 4 Episode 43Here is today’s sermon, August 9, 2026, Proper 14, Year A. It is based on Matthew 14: 22-33, the Walking on the Water. In it I make the point that Jesus could have stilled the…
- Sermon for August 2, 2016, Proper 13, Year A · 21 min · Season 4 Episode 44Here is today’s sermon, August 2, 2026, Proper 13, Year A. It is based on Genesis 32:22-31, Jacob Wrestling with the Angel. In it I discuss how we are called to be completely…
- Sermon for July 26, 2026, Proper 12, Year A · 18 min · Season 4 Episode 44Here is today’s sermon, July 26, 2026, Proper 12, Year A. It is based on Matthew 13:31-33,44-52, Parables of the Kingdom. In it I discuss how we are the treasure, we are the…
- Sermon for July 5, 2026, Proper 9, Year A · 16 min · Season 5 Episode 47Here is today’s sermon, July 5, 2026, Proper 9, year A. It is based on Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30, “Come to me all you who are burdened…” In this sermon, I discuss that many of our…
- Sermon for June 28, 2026, Proper 8, Year A · 16 min · Season 5 Episode 49Here is today’s sermon, June 28, 2026, Proper 8, Year A. It is based on Matthew 10:40-42, who welcomes another, welcomes Me, and who welcomes Me, welcomes Him Who sent Me. In it…
- Sermon for June 21, 2026, Proper 7, Year A · 19 min · Season 4 Episode 47Here is today’s sermon, June 21, 2021. It is based on Matthew 10: 24-39, the Hard Sayings of Jesus. In it I discuss our tendency to scapegoat others and how our congregations…
- Sermon for June 14, 2026, Proper 6, Year A · 22 min · Season 5 Episode 45Here is today’s sermon, June 14, 2026, Proper 6, Year A. It is based on Matthew 9:35-10:23, the Sending of the 12 Apostles. In it I note that our mission field is much different…
- Sermon for June 7, 2026, 5 Pentecost, Year A · 19 min · Season 5 Episode 41Here is today’s sermon, June 7, 2026, 5 Pentecost, Year A. It is based on Genesis 12: 1-9, the Call of Abraham. In it I discuss how the blood of Abel crying out to God from the…
