Fourth Sunday of Advent
Fr. Lorenzo Galuszka
Text: Luke 1 (The Annunciation)
December 24, 2023

Homily for 4 Advent: "The Marian Silence"

Sung by the Saint Stephen's Choir 
Good Friday Liturgy

Sing, my tongue, the glorious battle;
of the mighty conflict sing;
tell the triumph of the victim,
to his cross thy tribute bring.
Jesus Christ, the world's Redeemer
from that cross now reigns as King.

Thirty years among us dwelling,
his appointed time fulfilled,
born for this, he meets his passion,
this the Savior freely willed:
on the cross the Lamb is lifted,
where his precious blood is spilled.

He endures the nails, the spitting,
vinegar, and spear, and reed;
from that holy body broken
blood and water forth proceed:
earth, and stars, and sky, and ocean,
by that flood from stain are freed.

Faithful cross! above all other,
one and only noble tree!
None in foliage, none in blossom,
none in fruit thy peer may be:
sweetest wood and sweetest iron!
sweetest weight is hung on thee.

Bend thy boughs, O tree of glory!
Thy relaxing sinews bend;
for awhile the ancient rigor
that thy birth bestowed, suspend;
and the King of heavenly beauty
gently on thine arms extend.

Praise and honor to the Father,
praise and honor to the Son,
praise and honor to the Spirit,
ever Three and ever One:
one in might and one in glory
while eternal ages run.

Sing My Tongue The Glorious Battle

The Choir and Congregation of Saint Stephen's
Easter Sunday 2024

1. Jesus Christ is risen today, Alleluia!
our triumphant holy day, Alleluia!
who did once, upon the cross, Alleluia!
suffer to redeem our loss, Alleluia!

2. Hymns of praise then let us sing, Alleluia!
unto Christ, our heavenly King, Alleluia!
who endured the cross and grave, Alleluia!
sinners to redeem and save, Alleluia!

3. But the pains which he endured, Alleluia!
our salvation have procured, Alleluia!
now above the sky he’s King, Alleluia!
where the angels ever sing, Alleluia!

4. Sing we to our God above, Alleluia!
praise eternal as his love, Alleluia!
praise him, all ye heavenly host, Alleluia!
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Alleluia!

Jesus Christ Is Risen Today

Fr. Lorenzo Galuszka
Third Sunday of Easter
Text: 1 John 3:1-3; Luke 24:36-48
April 14, 2024

Homily For 3 Easter: "Seeing Jesus Clearly"

Fr. Lorenzo Galuszka
Feast of the Most Holy Trinity
May 26, 2024
Text: Isaiah 6:1-10, John 3:1-17

Homily for Trinity Sunday: "Beyond All Thought"

Choir and Congregation of Saint Stephen's Church, Sherman
Words: Medieval Jewish Liturgy, tr. Max Landsberg and Newton Mann
Music: Leoni, Hebrew melody; harm. Hymns Ancient and Modern 1875

Lyrics:
Praise to the living God!
All praisèd be his Name
who was, and is, and is to be
for ay the same.
The one eternal God
ere aught that now appears:
the first, the last, beyond all thought
his timeless years!

Formless, all lovely forms
declare his loveliness;
holy, no holiness of earth
can his express.
Lo, he is Lord of all.
Creation speaks his praise,
and everywhere above, below,
his will obeys.

His Spirit floweth free,
high surging where it will:
in prophet’s word he spoke of old;
he speaketh still.
Established is his law,
and changeless it shall stand,
deep writ upon the human heart,
on sea, on land.

Eternal life hath he
implanted in the soul;
his love shall be our strength and stay
while ages roll.
Praise to the living God!
All praisèd be his Name
who was, and is, and is to be,
for ay the same.

Praise to the Living God

The Choir and Congregation of Saint Stephen's Church, Sherman
Words: Reginald Heber
Music: Nicaea, J.B. Dykes

Lyrics:
Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee:
Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty,
God in three Persons, blessèd Trinity.

Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore thee,
casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;
cherubim and seraphim falling down before thee,
which wert, and art, and evermore shalt be.

Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide thee,
though the sinful human eye thy glory may not see,
only thou art holy; there is none beside thee,
perfect in power, in love, and purity.

Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
All thy works shall praise thy Name, in earth, and sky,
and sea;
Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty,
God in three Persons, blessèd Trinity.

Holy Holy Holy! Lord God Almighty!

Sung by the Choir and Congregation of Saint Stephen's, Sherman.

Lyrics:
Eternal Father, strong to save,
whose arm hath bound the restless wave,
who bidd'st the mighty ocean deep
its own appointed limits keep:
O hear us when we cry to thee
for those in peril on the sea.

O Christ, whose voice the waters heard
and hushed their raging at thy word,
who walkedst on the foaming deep,
and calm amid the storm didst sleep:
O hear us when we cry to thee
for those in peril on the sea.


Most Holy Spirit, who didst brood
upon the chaos dark and rude,
and bid its angry tumult cease,
and give, for wild confusion, peace:
O hear us when we cry to thee
for those in peril on the sea.

O Trinity of love and power,
thy children shield in danger's hour;
from rock and tempest, fire and foe,
protect them wheresoe'er they go;
thus evermore shall rise to thee
glad hymns of praise from land and sea.

Eternal Father Strong to Save

Fr. Lorenzo Galuszka
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Texts: Psalm 23, 1 Peter 2:19-25; John 10:1-18
The Good Shepherd

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Fr. Lorenzo Galuszka
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Text: John 3:1-16
Jesus and Nicodemus

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Joseph forgives his brothers

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Text: James 2:5-17
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Funeral Homily: "Not to Condemn the World"

Church bells and organ prelude
Variations on Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones, Ralph Vaughan Williams
Judy Warren, organist
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Church Bells and Prelude for 10 Trinity

Fr. Lorenzo Galuszka
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Text: Luke 19:41-44, Jeremiah 7:1-11
The Lament over Jerusalem
Picture is "O Jerusalem" by Greg Olsen

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St. Paul's confidence as a minister of the New Covenant

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