Holy Spirit
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The Word Is the Verb and the Verb Is God
The following homily was preached on June 4, 2023, being the First Sunday after Pentecost: Trinity Sunday, at the 9:00am Rite I Eucharist at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church (Lappans Road), Boonsboro, Maryland. Collect of the Day: “Almighty and everlasting God, who hast given unto us thy servants grace, by the confession of a true faith,… Continue reading
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“Unity in Variety Through the Spirit”
The following homily was preached on May 28, 2023, being the Day of Pentecost: Whitsunday, at the 9:00am Rite II Eucharist at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church (Lappans Road), Boonsboro, Maryland. Readings: Acts 2:1-21; Psalm 104: 25-35, 37; 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13; John 7:37-39 Collect of the Day: “Almighty God, on this day you opened the way… Continue reading
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“A Homily for the Feast of Philander Chase”
The following homily was preached on September 22, 2020, being the Feast of Philander Chase, at the Daily Chapel service at Saint James School in Hagerstown, Maryland. Reading: Luke 3:15-22 Collect of the Day: Almighty God, whose Son Jesus Christ is the pioneer and perfecter of our faith: We give you heartfelt thanks for the… Continue reading
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“The Summary of the Law” (July 10, 2016: Eighth Sunday after Pentecost–Proper 10C)
This sermon was preached on Sunday, July 10, 2016 at both the 10:00am principal Eucharist and 6:00pm evening Eucharist at the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Lafayette, Louisiana. Collect: O Lord, mercifully receive the prayers of your people who call upon you, and grant that they may know and understand what things they ought to do, and also… Continue reading
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“Faith of My Father” (May 24, 2015–The Day of Pentecost: Whitsunday; The Episcopal Church of the Ascension, Lafayette, Louisiana)
“Nevertheless I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.”—John 16.7[1] In the Name of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost.… Continue reading
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“God: Three in One and One in Three” (June 15, 2014–The First Sunday after Pentecost: Trinity Sunday; Canterbury Episcopal Chapel, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama)
“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.”—II Corinthians 13.14[1] In the Name of the Most Holy Trinity: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Amen! Of all the Church’s Principal Feasts, Major Feasts, Holy Days,… Continue reading
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“Something Has Changed, Yet Remains the Same” (June 8, 2014: The Day of Pentecost–Whitsunday; Canterbury Episcopal Chapel, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama)
“…We hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God.”—Acts 2.11[1] In the Name of God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen! I did not grow up with the 1928 Prayer Book, but was radically exposed to it during my senior year at General Seminary while serving as the Seminarian at Saint… 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.
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