An Episcopal Sermon: June 22, 2025
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Subject of Sermon: Jesus sends many demons out of a man who calls himself Legion and who is then restored to his right mind.
Sermon By: The Rev. Karen Cuffie at The Episcopal Church in Almaden.
Today's Gospel Reading: Luke 8:26-39
“ Jesus and his disciples arrived at the country of the Gerasenes, which is
opposite Galilee. As he stepped out on land, a man of the city who had
demons met him. For a long time he had worn no clothes, and he did not
live in a house but in the tombs. When he saw Jesus, he fell down before
him and shouted at the top of his voice, "What have you to do with me,
Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me" -- for
Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For
many times it had seized him; he was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, but he would break the bonds and be driven by the
demon into the wilds.) Jesus then asked him, "What is your name?" He
said, "Legion"; for many demons had entered him. They begged him not
to order them to go back into the abyss.
Now there on the hillside a large herd of swine was feeding; and the
demons begged Jesus to let them enter these. So he gave them permission.
Then the demons came out of the man and entered the swine, and the herd
rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.
When the swineherds saw what had happened, they ran off and told it in
the city and in the country. Then people came out to see what had
happened, and when they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom
the demons had gone sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right
mind. And they were afraid. Those who had seen it told them how the one
who had been possessed by demons had been healed. Then all the people
of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them;
for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and returned.
The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with
him; but Jesus sent him away, saying, "Return to your home, and declare
how much God has done for you." So he went away, proclaiming
throughout the city how much Jesus had done for him.”
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