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Rotten Apple Seeds

by Matthew D’Amario

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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  1. Sermon for October 18, 2026, Proper 24, Year A

    Here 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 that God is comprehended in beauty, not power. Beauty is evocative, we “unself” in order to apprehend beauty on its own...

  2. Sermon for October 11, 2026, Proper 23, Year A

    Here 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 representing Jesus is the one who is cast out for opposing the wedding banquet. In a world in which we have power backed...

  3. Sermon for October 4, 2026, Proper 22, Year A

    Here 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 foundation of Jesus’ teaching on non-violence, forgiveness, and loving enemies if Resurrection.

  4. Sermon for September 27, 2026, Proper 22, Year A

    Here 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 and the Church. I describe the specific practices which build community.

  5. Sermon for September 20, 2026, proper 20, Year A

    Here 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 is one of scarcity of resources and finding the fair and equitable distribution. The Divine economy is one of abundance.

  6. Sermon for September 13, 2026, Proper 19, Year A

    Here 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 wronged, by others, by God, by ourselves, we create expectations of what needs to happen in order to reconcile. These...

  7. Sermon for September 6, 2026, Proper 18, Year A

    Here 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: the inclusion of the Gentiles. We still struggle with Inclusion in the Church, the Nation, and the World.

  8. Sermon for August 30, 2026, Proper 17, Year A

    Here 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 the keys to the Kingdom by loosening Jesus’ binds so another could suffer in His place. Thus he failed to learn the...

  9. Sermon for August 23, 2026, Proper 16, Year A.

    Here 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 society. We as a congregation can heal and reconcile a lot of these wounds by attending to our common practices and shared...

  10. Sermon for August 16, 2026, Proper 15, Year A

    Here 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 to the Canaanite woman in the exchange. Often we make sacrifices for those we love as well.

  11. Sermon for August 9, 2026, Proper 14, Year A

    Here 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 storm in order to rescue Peter, but chose to meet him exactly where he was. Jesus meets us in our existential situations,...

  12. Sermon for August 2, 2016, Proper 13, Year A

    Here 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 honest before the Divine, that our relationship with the Divine can be a struggle, but that we aer always changed by the...

  13. Sermon for July 26, 2026, Proper 12, Year A

    Here 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 pearl. We may make the world curious or fascinated by our eccentricity and thus, promote the Kingdom of Heaven

  14. Sermon for July 5, 2026, Proper 9, Year A

    Here 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 burdens are not imposed on us from outside, but rather, a result of our attachments, expectations, control issues, or...

  15. Sermon for June 28, 2026, Proper 8, Year A

    Here 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 I discuss the ways that we welcome people to our congregation and into our denomination. I explain that we welcome…

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  16. Sermon for June 21, 2026, Proper 7, Year A

    Here 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 rises above this tendency.

  17. Sermon for June 14, 2026, Proper 6, Year A

    Here 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 from theirs; we are called to a re-evangelization of hose who have been disillusioned or harmed by the Church. This...

  18. Sermon for June 7, 2026, 5 Pentecost, Year A

    Here 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 ground has meted out on our history of conquest and colonialism. I explain that the grant of land to the Hebrews is an...

  19. Sermon for May 31, 2026, Trinity Sunday, Year A

    Sermon for May 31, 2026, Trinity Sunday, Year A. Here is today’s sermon, which is on the Trinity. In it I compare the persons of the Trinity to the many versions of the person we marry.

  20. Sermon for May 24, 2026, Pentecost, Year A

    Here is today’s sermon, May 24, 2026, Pentecost, Year A. It is based on the Pentecost readings, Acts 2:1-21. In it I explain that the foundation of the Church, established on Pentecost, is the experience of forgiven sinners sharing forgiveness with others.

  21. Sermon for May 17, 2026, VII Easter, Year A

    Here is today’s sermon, May 17, 2026, VII Easter, year A. It is based on John 17:1-11. In it, I preach on the glory of God. Divine glory is not based on power or strength; it is beauty which is evocative, transformative, and draws us to each other.

  22. Sermon for May 10, 2026, VI Easter, Year A

    Here is today’s sermon, May 10, 2026, VI Easter, Year A. It is based on Acts 17: 22- 31, “To an Unknown God”. In it, I draw the difference between living in a pagan and providential universe. I encourage the congregation to harken to the sense of the restlessness as the voice of the Spirit.

  23. Sermon for May 3, 2026, V Easter, Year A

    Here is today’s sermon, May 3, 206, V Easter, Year A. It is based on John 14: 1-14, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life”. In it I discuss how we read the gospel of John against itself. We find the term, “My Father’s House”, in the cleansing of the Temple in John 2. From this we learn how death...

  24. Sermon for April 26, 2026, IV Easter, Year A

    Here is today’s sermon, April 26, 2026, IV Easter, Year A. It is based on John 10: 1-10, the Good Shepherd. In it I challenge the idea of the pastoral innocent vision of shepherds and sheep and indicate that sheep are fundamentally animals of sacrifice. Who in our society is expendable and able…

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  25. Sermon for April 19, 2026, III Easter, Year A

    Here is today’s sermon, April 19, 2026, III Easter, Year A. It is based on Luke 24: 13-35, the Disciples at Emmaus. In it I invite the congregation to join me in a thought experiment imagining that Jesus had indeed risen from the dead. Imagine how challenging it would be to convey this ineffable...

  26. Sermon for April 5, 2026, Easter Sunday, Year A

    Here is today’s sermon, April 5, 2026, Easter Sunday, Year A. It is based on John 20:1-18, the Resurrection. In it I make the point that resurrection can happen to us all. Death is the school of love which purifies and make our love from human and transactional to selfless and divine.

  27. Sermon for April 3, 2026, Good Friday, Year A

    Here is today’s sermon, April 3, 2026, Good Friday, Year A. In it is discuss the various theories of atonement, including substitutionary atonement and penal substitution. I conclude that what is most affirming and uplifting is the solidarity the the Divine wishes to establish with humanity and,...

  28. Sermon for April 2, 2026, Maundy Thursday, Year A

    Here is today’s sermon, April 2, 2026, Maundy Thursday, Year A. It is based on John 13:1-17, 31b-35, the Footwashing. In it, I discuss the term, anamnesis, in which the act of recollecting or remembering makes present the person. I note how the footwashing and the Eucharist are not nostalgia, but...

  29. Sermon for March 29, 2026, Palm Sunday, Year A

    Here is today’s sermon, March 29, 2026, Palm Sunday, Year A. It is based on the Passion in St. Matthew. In it I explain that we are called not to be passive and submissive spectators in this drama, but rather witnesses who testify with our lives.

  30. Sermon for March 22, 2026, V Lent, Year A

    Here is today’s sermon, March 22, 2026, V Lent, Year A. It is based on John 11: 1-45, the Raising of Lazarus. In it I explain that Mary’s and Martha’s statement, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died,” was a statement not of fact,but regret. Raising Lazarus shows us that…

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  31. Sermon for March 15, 2026, IV Lent, Year A

    Here is today’s sermon, March 15, 2026, IV Lent, Year A. It is based on John 9: 1-41, the Man Born Blind. In it I question whether his healing was worth the years of blindness and poverty that he and his family endured. I ask the larger question about the role of old in suffering.

  32. Sermon for March 8, 2026, III Lent, Year A

    Here is today’s sermon, March 8, 2026, III Lent, Year A. It is based on John 4: 5-41, Jesus and the Woman at the Well. In it is show the many scriptural connections and references that are woven in this beautiful tapestry of a story. Inasmuch as these threads form a unity, the gospel itself call…

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  33. Sermon for March 1, 2026, II Lent, Year A

    Here is today’s sermon, March 1, II Lent, Year A. It is based on John 3:16. In it i discuss how we understand Divine Beauty, rather than power. Thus, the Cross teaches us a new aesthetic.

  34. Sermon for February 22, 2026, I Lent, Year A

    Here is today’s sermon, February 22, 2026, I Lent, Year A. It is based on Matthew 4: 1-11, the Temptation in the Desert. In it, I explain that, when Jesus acts in history, He redeems the past, the present, and the future. I discuss Jesus redeeming the Hebrew in the Desert, fulfilling Satan’s...

  35. Sermon for February 18, 2026, Ash Wednesday, Year A

    Here is today’s sermon, February 18, 2026, Ash Wednesday, Year A. It is based on the idea that ashes represent absence, or lack. We are anticipating the True Presence at the end of Lent into Easter.

  36. Sermon for February 15, 2026, Last Epiphany, Year A

    Here is today’s sermon, February 15, 2026, Last Epiphany, Year A. It’s is based on Matthew 17:1-9, the Transfiguration. In it I show how the Transfiguration is one bookend of God’s glory and the other bookend is the crucifixion. We are beginning Lent, so we are looking toward Golgotha.

  37. Sermon for February 8, 2026, V Epiphany, Year A

    Here is today’s sermon, February 8, 2026, V Epiphany, Year A. It is based on Isaiah 58 1-12 and Matthew 5: 13-20, “You are salt…You are light”. In this sermon I explain how this is an internal critique of religious people, that we are called to BE who we ARE, to live the law rather than fulfill...

  38. Sermon for February 1, 2026, IV Epiphany, Year A

    Here is today’s sermon, February 1, 2026, IV Epiphany, Year A. It is based on Matthew 5: 1-12, the Beatitudes. In it I make the point that the Beatitudes are not properly understood as those qualities we need to possess in order to “earn heaven”. Rather, they are glimpses of the Divine presence…

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  39. Sermon for January 18, 2026, II Epiphany, Year A

    Here is today’s sermon, January 18, 2026, II Epiphany, Year A. It is based on John 1: 29-42, John the Baptizer identifies Jesus. In it I make the distinction between the Hebrew notion of sacrifice and how it differs from pagan notions of bribery of the Gods.

  40. Sermon for January 11, 2026, II Epiphany, Baptism of the Lord, Year A

    Here is today’s sermon, January 11, 2026, II Epiphany, Baptism of the Lord, Year A. It is based on Matthew 3: 13-17, the Baptism of Jesus. In it is described how often in the scriptures, Jesus is revealed through the symbols of water, cloud, and dove. I discuss the chaoskampf theory, of how...

  41. Sermon for January 4, 2026, the Sunday of the Epiphany, Year A

    Here is today’s sermon, January 4, 2026, The Sunday of the Epiphany, Year A. It is based on Matthew 2: 1-12, the Journey of the Magi. In it, I make the observation that, given the distance (in light years) that stars are from this planet, it is likely that the Star of Bethlehem was already dead…

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  42. Sermon for Christmas Eve 2025

    Here is tonight’s Christmas Eve sermon. It is base don Luke 2:1-14(15-20), the Birth of Jesus. In it I distinguish between optimism and hope. I make the point that hope offers a pathway and agency for us who follow the Baby in the manger.

  43. Sermon for December 21, 2025, IV Advent, Year A

    Here is today’s sermon, December 21, 2025, IV Advent, Year A. It is based on Matthew 1:18-25, the Dream of Joseph, the Father of Jesus. In it is make the connection to Joseph, son of Jacob in Genesis as the interpreter of dreams. I also discuss how the cycle of allowing our expectations to die...

  44. Sermon for December 14, 2025, III Advent, Year A

    Here is today’s sermon, December 14, 2025, III Advent, Year A. It is based on Matthew 11:2-11, the Baptizer’s question, “Are You the One Who is to come?” In it I discuss how Jesus’ mission was not to destroy the prisons that John was held in, but rather to accompany him in his prison. In doing…

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  45. Sermon for December 7, 2025, II Advent, Year A

    Here is today’s sermon, December 7, 2025, II Advent, Year A. It is based on Matthew 3: 1-12, John the Baptizer. In it I explain that all the details about John, though offputting, represent important resonances from the Hebrew Scriptures and the prophets. We inherit these resonances as we inherit...

  46. Sermon for November 30, 2025, I Advent, Year A

    Here is today’s sermon, November 30, 2025, I Advent, Year A. It is based on Matthew 24:36-44, the Little Apocalypse. In it I explain that, while it is commonly seen as a description of how we are called to be vigilant for Jesus’ return, perhaps it rather describes the oppression under Empire into...

  47. Sermon for November 23, 2025, Christ the King, Year C

    Here is today’s sermon, November 23, 2025, Christ the King, Year C. It is based on Luke 23:33-43, the Crucifixion. In it I describe how a king represents the realm he rules. Christ on the Cross demonstrated the suffering of Israel under Roman occupation and the hope of deliverance through...

  48. Sermon for November 16, 2025, Proper 28, Year C

    Here is today’s sermon, November 16, 2025, Proper 28, Year C. It is based on 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13, those who do not should not eat. In it I discuss how Episcopalians read the portions of the scriptures within the overall story of salvation found in the Holy Bible. I give the context of work as…

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  49. Sermon for October 26, 2025, Proper 25, Year C

    Here is today’s sermon, October 25, Proper 25, Year C. It is based on Luke 18: 9:14, the Righteous Pharisee and the Tax Collector. In it I suggest that each of us has a component of both in our spirituality. I also make the point that the Tax Collector redeemed the Pharisee as a Christ figure.

  50. Sermon for October 19, 2025, Proper 24, Year C

    Here is today’s sermon, October 19, 2025, Proper 24, Year C. It is based on the Parable of the Persistent Widow and Unjust Judge. In it I discuss how, as a congregation, we can oppose those imperial forces which look to rob us of our humanity and control us.

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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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Matthew D’Amario

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