Mount Calvary Sermons

TRINITY SUNDAY 2016 PSALM 90:1-7, 10, 12 It's your funeral. All of us – your friends and family, are gathered here, we've taken our seats, sung your best loved hymn, read your favorite Bible passage, and now the priest is about to preach. And by the way, the priest isn't me – it's my successor or even his or her successor, because I will have retired long before you die. And being a person of the Gospel the priest wants to preach about the hope of the resurrection. But, being a pastorally sensitive person he or she also wants to make it personal to your life. So, what do you want them to say about you? Three people were looking back over their long and eventful lives, and discussing exactly that question. One of them said, "At my funeral I want the priest to say, 'Here lies a woman who was a good wife, a loving mother, and a loyal friend.'" The next one said, "Well, at my funeral I want the pastor to say, 'The man we see before us today was a skilled worker, a respected professional, and an accomplished leade