The Rev. Frank M. Spadafora, Author at St. Peter's Anglican Church

Doers of the Word (James 1:22-27)

By The Rev. Frank M. Spadafora | May 25, 2025

We seem to be reading and hearing about a lot of natural disasters. There’s been floods … forest fires … tornado’s … earthquakes … tsunami’s … In many of these disasters we find that there is usually an outpouring of response by outside agencies to help in the disasters. Many of these agencies are decidedly…

Listen Carefully (James 1:17-21)

By The Rev. Frank M. Spadafora | May 18, 2025

There’s the old axiom that says that God has given us two ears and only one mouth so we should listen twice as much as we speak. This axiom is actually upheld by the Scriptures. For example, Proverbs 10:19: ““In the multitude of words sin is not lacking, But he who restrains his lips is…

Future Joy (St. John 16:16-22)

By The Rev. Frank M. Spadafora | May 11, 2025

““To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven: A time to be born, And time to die; …”” These words from Ecclesiastes 3 describe the whole cycle of life. ““A time to be born, And time to die; …”” It reminds me of the old Dennis the Menace comic ……

The Perfect Description (St. John 10:11-16)

By The Rev. Frank M. Spadafora | May 4, 2025

As you know, my wife was born in China and she was deported when she was three years old. What you might not have known is that her father was also born in China, but his actual citizenship was in Australia. As a young man he went to Australia to study and at the same…

Our Part (John 20:19-23)

By The Rev. Frank M. Spadafora | April 27, 2025

As we all know, on Easter Monday, the Pope died. Much has been written about him … about his life, his humility, his legacy etc. There were some controversial things about him … one of them was that he was on record as stating that Jesus wasn’t the only way of salvation. That’s a really…

Promises Made! Promises Kept! (St. John 20:1-10)

By The Rev. Frank M. Spadafora | April 20, 2025

As we celebrate Easter … Jews from around the world are concluding their celebration of Passover. In it, they remember their deliverance from Egypt. We know the story … The Jews had to sacrifice an unblemished lamb, and put the blood of the lamb on their doorposts. When the angel of death…

Till He Comes (1 Corinthians 11:23-26)

By The Rev. Frank M. Spadafora | April 17, 2025

Many years ago a member asked me a question … he said: “what happens if you can’t confess the Creeds any more?” That question completely blew me away … after all … the Creeds had been around almost 2000 years and were confessed by almost of branches of Christianity. The reason for his question was…

The Triumphal Entry (Matthew 21:1-17)

By The Rev. Frank M. Spadafora | April 13, 2025

Years ago my cousin was married to a rabid Redskin’s fan. We would have some great back and forth … especially because the Eagles weren’t that good at that time. The tides have turned. As you all know, the Eagles won the Super Bowl this year and so, I would like to offer my condolences…

The Cost of Discipleship (Mark 8:31-38)

By The Rev. Frank M. Spadafora | April 6, 2025

If the title of my sermon sounds familiar … it should. It’s the title of a book published in 1937 by the German Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer on the cost of truly following Christ as Savior and Lord. Almost 90 years later it is still in print. From the beginning … Bonhoeffer was vocal in his…

The Call to Humility (Philippians 2:1-11)

By The Rev. Frank M. Spadafora | March 30, 2025

““When pride comes, then comes shame; …”” ““By pride comes nothing but strife …”” ““The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverse mouth I hate …” ““Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall …”” ““A man’s pride will bring him…