Listen to sermons and messages from Fr. Paul Castelli, Vocations Director and Campus Missioner for the Episcopal Diocese of West Virginia, serving the Episcopal Campus Ministry at West Virginia University. This podcast also includes Fr. Paul’s sermons in other congregational settings, including the backlog of sermons from his prior parish before coming to Morgantown, WV. Learn more about our campus ministry by visiting our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/episcopalwvu
“God, have mercy on me a sinner.” A sermon for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost 2025
A sermon preached on the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost at the student service for the St. Thomas Aquinas Episcopal Campus Ministry at West Virginia University
Focus Texts: Luke 18:9-14
There are basically two kinds of people: those who know they’re dead and those who don’t. Today’s parable shows us this dichotomy illustrated by the Pharisee, a man who does not know he is dead, and the tax collector, a man who knows that he is. Many will assume that Jesus came to make the bad good and the good better when, in fact, Jesus came to bring the (spiritually) dead to life (bringing the physically dead to life comes later!)
Bottom line: we can’t impress God. We can either do what is required of us—and essentially acknowledge that we’ve done nothing but what we were supposed to do in the first place—or acknowledge our failings. That’s it. There’s nothing we can bring to God that will fill him with awe. All we can do is bring empty hands ready to receive grace, broken hearts ready to be mended, and trust in God’s promises
For centuries, saints and sinners (they’re the same, by the way) have been spiritually nourished by a prayer based on the words of the tax collector: Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner. Said repeatedly, slowly, and deliberately, this prayer can have a powerful affect on our lives. It draws us deeper into the presence of God, calling to the forefront of our minds our deep need for God’s mercy, filling us with gratitude for his boundless grace
20 Oct 2025
“You’re not too much for God.” A Sermon for the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost 2025
A sermon preached in the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost at the student service for the St. Thomas Aquinas Episcopal Campus Ministry at West Virginia University
Focus Texts: Genesis 32:22-31; Luke 18:1-8
Many people get this idea in their heads that they shouldn’t bother God with their problems or that other people’s prayer needs are more important than their own. But this scarcity mindset doesn’t accurately reflect the creator of the universe who seeks nothing more or less than to be your closest and dearest friend. God seeks an intimate relationship with all of us, and nothing is too little or too big to share with Him. There is no “too much” when it comes to the prayers that we lift up to the Lord. You’re not a burden and you’re not too much — You are God’s beloved. Jesus teaches us not to hold back, but to persevere in prayer
20 Oct 2025
“Wait…Fr. Paul is a Leper?” A Sermon for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost 2025
A sermon preached for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost preached at the campus ministry service for the St. Thomas Aquinas Episcopal Campus Ministry at West Virginia University
Focus Texts: 2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c; Luke 17:11-19
“Your faith has made you well." What does it mean to be made well by faith in Jesus Christ? Our readings included two different stories of Lepers being miraculously healed. But faith gives us a healing that is more than skin deep.
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