The Sunday after Ascension

This homily frames the modern crisis of meaning through the claim that society has increasingly separated creation from its Creator. Drawing on The Benedict Option by Rod Dreher, it traces a historical movement from a God centered worldview to modern secularism, mentioning nominalism, the Enlightenment, and thinkers such as René Descartes and Friedrich Nietzsche. The preacher argues that when humanity rejects God, society descends into loneliness, despair, and moral confusion.

Against this backdrop, the sermon presents Christ’s words in John 15 as the answer: Jesus is the true vine and believers are branches who receive life only by abiding in Him. Christ promises not abandonment, but the abiding presence of the Holy Spirit and companionship through suffering. The homily emphasizes that the Great Commission continues Christ’s work in the world through the Church.