Truth
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“Unbounded Mercy”
The following homily was preached on September 24, 2023, being the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost–Proper 20A, at the 9:00am Rite II Eucharist at Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church (Lappans Road), Boonsboro, Maryland, and the 11:00am Rite II Eucharist at the Chapel of Saint James of Jerusalem at Saint James School, Hagerstown, Maryland. Readings: Jonah 3:10-4:11; Ps.… Continue reading
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“There’s No Other Like God”
The following homily was preached on July 23, 2023, being the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost–Proper 11A, at the 9:00am Rite II Eucharist at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church (Lappans Road), Boonsboro, Maryland. Collect of the Day: “Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, you know our necessities before we ask and our ignorance in asking: Have… Continue reading
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“The Struggle is Real, But God in Christ is Merciful”
The following homily was preached on July 9, 2023, being the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost–Proper 9A, at the 9:00am Rite II Eucharist at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church (Lappans Road), Boonsboro, Maryland. Collect of the Day: “O God, you have taught us to keep all your commandments by loving you and our neighbor: Grant us the grace… Continue reading
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“Disciples in the Hands of a Faithful God”
The following homily was preached on June 25, 2023, being the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost–Proper 7A, at the 9:00am Rite II Eucharist at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church (Lappans Road), Boonsboro, Maryland. Collect of the Day: “O Lord, make us have perpetual love and reverence for your holy Name, for you never fail to help and… Continue reading
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“Boastful Christian Disciples”
The following homily was preached on June 18, 2023, being the Third Sunday after Pentecost–Proper 6A, at the 9:00am Rite II Eucharist at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church (Lappans Road), Boonsboro, Maryland. Collect of the Day: “Keep, O Lord, your household the Church in your steadfast faith and love, that through your grace we may proclaim… Continue reading
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“Tidings of Redemption”
The following homily was preached on June 11, 2023, being the Second Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 5A), at the 9:00am Rite II Eucharist at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church (Lappans Road), Boonsboro, Maryland. Collect of the Day: “O God, from whom all good proceeds: Grant that by your inspiration we may think those things that are… Continue reading
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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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“The Continuing Easter Story”
The following homily was preached on May 21, 2023, being the Seventh Sunday of Easter: The Sunday after Ascension Day, at the 9:00am Rite II Eucharist at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church (Lappans Road), Boonsboro, Maryland. Readings: Acts 1:6-14; Psalm 68:1-10, 33-36; 1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11; John 17:1-11 Collect of the Day: “O God, the King of… Continue reading
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“A Christmas Carol (2019)”
The following sermon was preached at the 10:00pm Festal Mass of the Nativity on December 24, 2019 at Saint James Chapel on the campus of Saint James School in Hagerstown, Maryland. Readings: Isaiah 9:2-7; Psalm 96; Titus 2:11-14; Luke 2:1-20 Collect: O God, You have caused this holy night to shine with the brightness of… Continue reading
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“The Lamp of God”
The following sermon was preached for the Ascension Episcopal School 2018-2019 Opening Faculty Eucharist at the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Lafayette, Louisiana on August 3, 2018, being the Feast of George Freeman Bragg, Jr. (Priest, 1940) Collect: O eternal God, bless Ascension Episcopal School, that it may be a lively center for sound… 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.