Sermons
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“The Wise Men and the Rolling Stones”
The following sermon was preached at the Mid-Week Community Eucharist at Saint James School in Hagerstown, Maryland on Wednesday, January 10, 2018, it being their transferred celebration of the Feast of the Epiphany of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Collect: O God, by the leading of a star You manifested Your only Son to the peoples of… Continue reading
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“Look, the Lamb of God!”
The following homily was preached at the Wednesday 6:00pm Rite II Healing Eucharist at the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Lafayette, Louisiana on January 3, 2018, being the Wednesday after the First Sunday after Christmas. Collect: Almighty God, You have poured upon us the new light of Your incarnate Word: Grant that this light, enkindled… Continue reading
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“Ero Cras”
The following sermon was preached at the 8:30am Rite II and 11:00am and 6:00pm Rite I services at the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Lafayette, Louisiana on December 17, 2017, being the Third Sunday of Advent. Collect: Stir up Your power, O Lord, and with great might come among us; and, because we are sorely… Continue reading
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“Faith of My Father–Part II”
The following sermon was preached at the 8:30am and 11:00am Rite II and 6:00pm Rite I services at the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Lafayette, Louisiana on November 12, 2017, being the Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 27A). Collect: O God, whose blessed Son came into the world that He might destroy the works of… Continue reading
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“All Things Come From and Go to Thee, O Lord”
The following sermon was preached at the 8:30am and 11:00am Rite II and 6:00pm Rite I services at the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Lafayette, Louisiana on October 22, 2017, being the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 24A). Readings: Exodus 33.12-23; Psalm 99; 1 Thessalonians 1.1-10; Matthew 22.15-22 Collect: Almighty and everlasting God, in Christ… Continue reading
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“Samuel D. Ferguson, George F. Bragg, and W.E.B. DuBois” (August 2, 2017: Wednesday after Pentecost VIII–Proper 12A)
The following sermon was preached at the weekly Healing Eucharist of the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Lafayette, Louisiana on Wednesday, August 2, 2017 at 6:00pm. Gospel: Luke 18.1-8 “And will not God bring about justice for His chosen ones, who cry out to Him day and night? Will He keep putting them off? I tell… Continue reading
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“Anamnesis” (April 13, 2017: Maundy Thursday)
The following sermon was preached on April 13, 2017, being Maundy Thursday, at the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Lafayette, Louisiana. Readings: Exodus 12.1-4, (5-10), 11-14; Psalm 116.1, 10-17; 1 Corinthians 11.23-26; John 13.1-17, 31b-35 Collect: Almighty Father, whose dear Son, on the night before He suffered, instituted the Sacrament of His Body and Blood:… Continue reading
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“Once Blind, Now Seeing” (March 26, 2017: The Fourth Sunday in Lent: Laetare)
This sermon was preached at the 6:00pm Rite I Eucharist at the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Lafayette, Louisiana on March 26, 2017, being the Fourth Sunday in Lent (Laetare). Collect: Gracious Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven to be the true bread which gives life to the world: Evermore give… Continue reading
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“Hail Mary!” (March 25, 2017: The Solemnity of the Annunciation of Our Lord Jesus Christ to the Blessed Virgin Mary)
This sermon was preached during the 2017 Episcopal Diocese of Western Louisiana Christian League of Episcopal Youth (CLEY) Conference Eucharist at the Chapel of the Holy Family at Camp Hardtner Episcopal Camp and Conference Center in Pollack, Louisiana on March 25, 2017, being the Solemnity of the Annunciation of Our Lord Jesus Christ to the Blessed Virgin… Continue reading
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“It’s the Talk of the Town” (March 19, 2017: The Third Sunday in Lent)
This sermon was preached at the 8:30am, 11:00am, and 6:00pm Eucharists at the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Lafayette, Louisiana on March 19, 2017, being the Third Sunday in Lent. Readings: Exodus 17.1-7; Psalm 95; Romans 5.1-11; John 4.5-42 Collect: Almighty God, You know that we have no power in ourselves to help ourselves: Keep us both outwardly… Continue reading
About BRANDT
The Rev. Brandt Montgomery is the Chaplain of Saint James School in Hagerstown, Maryland, having previously served at the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Lafayette, Louisiana as Chaplain of Ascension Episcopal School from 2014-2017, then as Associate Rector and All-School Chaplain from 2017-2019. From 2012-2014, Fr. Montgomery was the Curate at Canterbury Episcopal Chapel and Student Center at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, his first parochial appointment following his ordination by the Bishop of Alabama.
Fr. Montgomery received a Bachelor of Arts in Music, specializing in Trumpet Performance, from the University of Montevallo in Montevallo, Alabama in 2007. He received the Master of Divinity (cum laude) in 2012 from The General Theological Seminary in New York City, for which he wrote the thesis “Time’s Prisoner: The Right Reverend Charles Colcock Jones Carpenter and the Civil Rights Movement in the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama.” In 2021, Fr. Montgomery received the Doctor of Ministry degree from the School of Theology at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, his thesis titled “The Development of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Saint James School of Maryland.”
Fr. Montgomery’s scholarly interests lie in the areas of American religious history, Episcopal Church history, the Oxford Movement and Anglo-Catholicism, the Civil Rights Movement, and practical theology.
THE ANGLO-CATHOLIC GENTLEMAN 