A reflection on St. Paul’s words in 1 Corinthians 4 to a church that looked successful on the surface but had drifted toward serving itself rather than Christ. Paul writes plainly, “We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ,” calling the Corinthians back to what truly matters. Fr. Powers shares how the Holy Ghost led him to this text during a busy week, and connects it to apostolic succession, which exists not to give the Church power to do as it pleases but to keep it grounded in the truth on which it was founded. Recalling John Wesley’s warning that his movement might one day keep the form of religion without the power, he reminds us that the Church is not here simply to look beautiful or to be a social community, but to bring people closer and closer to Jesus Christ, loving God with all our heart, soul, and mind and our neighbor as ourselves.
Sermon for November 8, 2026
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