<![CDATA[Fr. Hans Boersma: Sermons]]>https://hansboersma.org/s/sermonshttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!50Yo!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F26b8e778-7051-45c9-9120-fada34ba091b_240x240.pngFr. Hans Boersma: Sermonshttps://hansboersma.org/s/sermonsSubstackThu, 30 Jul 2026 09:24:58 GMT<![CDATA[Clothed with Christ]]>https://hansboersma.org/p/clothed-with-christhttps://hansboersma.org/p/clothed-with-christMon, 29 Jun 2026 15:30:58 GMT

Salvation is all about changing clothes. This booklet of five homilies reflects on how Christ saves us by assuming our fallen, mortal tunics of skin, thus enabling our bodily transfiguration into robes of glory. Salvation, these homilies make clear, is not the imputation of an alien righteousness but a participation in the virtues of Christ. Put differently, the biblical metaphor of clothing speaks not of things extrinsic to us but describes our intrinsic condition. I am grateful to Fr. George Westhaver from Pusey House Oxford, for inviting me to preach these homilies for the 2026 Triduum.

Clothed With Christ The Transfiguration Of Our Tunics
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]]><![CDATA[Good Things Come from Goodness]]>https://hansboersma.org/p/good-things-come-from-goodnesshttps://hansboersma.org/p/good-things-come-from-goodnessThu, 16 Oct 2025 12:09:32 GMTBased on Matthew 6:25-33, this homily was delivered on October 12 (Canadian Thanksgiving) at Saint Matthew’s Anglican Church in Abbotsford, BC.

]]><![CDATA[Why We Venerate the Cross]]>https://hansboersma.org/p/why-we-venerate-the-crosshttps://hansboersma.org/p/why-we-venerate-the-crossSat, 20 Sep 2025 21:56:02 GMTDelivered on September 14, 2025, at Saint Matthew’s Anglican Church in Abbotsford, BC, Canada.

Texts: Isaiah 45:21-25; John 12:31-36a.

]]><![CDATA[The Voice of Jesus]]>https://hansboersma.org/p/the-voice-of-jesushttps://hansboersma.org/p/the-voice-of-jesusFri, 20 Jun 2025 19:55:40 GMTA homily delivered on Trinity Sunday, June 15, 2025, at Saint Matthew’s Anglican Church in Abbotsford, BC.

Lectionary Texts: Isaiah 6:1-7; Psalm 29; Revelation 4:1-11; John 16:12-15.

]]><![CDATA[Do You Understand the Words?]]>https://hansboersma.org/p/do-you-know-the-wordshttps://hansboersma.org/p/do-you-know-the-wordsMon, 27 Jan 2025 14:15:33 GMTFr. Boersma recently gave a sermon at St. Barnabas Anglican Church in Keller, TX, on The Third Sunday of Epiphany. The homily centers on our reception of Scripture and how true understanding is found in following Christ’s understanding of himself.

God has manifested to us his heart. He is a God who wants his people to rejoice, not weep because their New Year's Day must be a day of celebration.

He is a God who wants the poor and needy to share in the fat of the cattle and the sweetness of the wine. He is a God who gives the body's unpresentable parts a place along with the honorable parts.

He is a God who proclaims release to the captives and gives sight to the blind.

He is a God, as our Psalm for today, Psalm 113, puts it, who takes up the lowly out of the dust and lifts the poor out of the ashes.

Do you understand the gospel?

It is epiphany.

God shows himself to you in Jesus. He shows his very heart to you. When your heart softens so as to become like Jesus, it is then that you too have true understanding.

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]]><![CDATA[Genesis 32: 22–32]]>https://hansboersma.org/p/ascension-day-mourning-of-celebrationhttps://hansboersma.org/p/ascension-day-mourning-of-celebrationFri, 05 Jan 2018 03:11:00 GMT

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