October at Saint Paul’s Anglican Church in Los Altos opened with Michaelmas and carried us to the far end of the Trinity season, where the Prayer Book lessons turn our eyes to the victory and kingship of Christ. The dragon is cast down, David’s Son is David’s Lord, the paralytic is forgiven before he is healed, the Seventy are sent into a plentiful harvest, and a desperate father takes Christ at His word.

Here are the five sermons posted in October 2026, with the full video, a short summary, and a link to each sermon page on the Saint Paul’s website. If you missed last month, start with the September 2026 sermons.

In This Post

• The Dragon Cast Down: Michaelmas and the Victory of Christ (Revelation 12:7–12)
• David’s Son, David’s Lord, Our King (Matthew 22:34–46)
• The Gospel According to Your Haters (Matthew 9:1–8)
• The Harvest Is Plentiful: Labor in Hope, Not Despair (Luke 10:1–20)
• The Son Who Was Spared: Trusting Christ’s Word (John 4:46–54)

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The Dragon Cast Down: Michaelmas and the Victory of Christ (Revelation 12:7–12)

Michaelmas (St. Michael and All Angels) · Posted October 5, 2026

The Church is not a bunker under siege; she is an army on the march. In Revelation 12, St. Michael and his angels storm the dragon and cast him out. It is Christ’s offensive, won at the Cross, the empty tomb, and the Ascension. Three things from the text:

• The greatest battle in history is behind us, and we won.
• The Accuser has been thrown out of court. Satan’s chief weapon is accusation.
• The blood of the Lamb has answered every charge. When the Accuser comes with your sin, point him to the Cross.

📖 Read the sermon summary and readings at Saint Paul’s · ▶️ Watch “The Dragon Cast Down: Michaelmas and the Victory of Christ” on YouTube

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David’s Son, David’s Lord, Our King (Matthew 22:34–46)

The Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity · Posted October 6, 2026

“What think ye of Christ? Whose son is he?” Our Lord answers the Pharisees with Psalm 110, where David calls his own descendant “Lord.” As St. Augustine put it, Christ is David’s Lord always and David’s Son in time. Even the greatest king in Israel’s history bows before Him.

• The great king bows to a greater King. David led and did justice, but he could not save his people. Christ can.
• Bringing our lives under the King. The question is not whether we know God’s commands, but who actually governs our speech, our possessions, and our relationships.
• Preparing those who come after us. David gathered materials for a temple he would never see. Parents, teachers, and clergy labor the same way.

📖 Read the sermon summary and readings at Saint Paul’s · ▶️ Watch “David’s Son, David’s Lord, Our King” on YouTube

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The Gospel According to Your Haters (Matthew 9:1–8)

The Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity · Posted October 12, 2026

Before Jesus heals the paralytic, He speaks to the deeper need: “Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.” Christ met us as enemies and made us His own, and now He teaches us to desire the same mercy for others. Drawing on St. John Chrysostom and St. Augustine:

• Christ sees the sickness beneath the hostility. Our opponents need the same Physician we do.
• Christ’s mercy reveals our own need for healing. Forgiven people can receive correction and give up the need for the last word.
• Christ heals us into people who carry others. Christian strength serves another’s restoration.

📖 Read the sermon summary and readings at Saint Paul’s · ▶️ Watch “The Gospel According to Your Haters” on YouTube

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The Harvest Is Plentiful: Labor in Hope, Not Despair (Luke 10:1–20)

Posted October 19, 2026

Christians are tempted to despair and to mistake it for wisdom. Christ sends the Seventy out with confidence instead: “The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few.” From Eden to the New Jerusalem, with help from St. Augustine’s City of God and David Chilton’s Productive Christians, this sermon calls us to put away the romance of despair and the poverty of imagination that assumes nothing good can be done.

Man was placed in a garden to work it and keep it, and Scripture ends in a city. Our work in the home, the shop, the school, and the parish is part of building what lasts, because the kingdom of God has come near.

📖 Read the sermon summary and readings at Saint Paul’s · ▶️ Watch “The Harvest Is Plentiful: Labor in Hope, Not Despair” on YouTube

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The Son Who Was Spared: Trusting Christ’s Word (John 4:46–54)

The Twenty-First Sunday after Trinity · Posted October 26, 2026

The nobleman of Capernaum had influence, resources, and connections, but none of it could save his dying son. Christ gave him only a word: “Go thy way; thy son liveth.” He believed it before he saw any evidence and started home. Christ leads us the same way, from desperation to trust, strengthening weak faith through obedience and making that faith fruitful within our households.

📖 Read the sermon summary and readings at Saint Paul’s · ▶️ Watch “The Son Who Was Spared: Trusting Christ’s Word” on YouTube

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Keep Listening

If these sermons served you, come worship with us. Saint Paul’s is a parish of the Reformed Episcopal Church (ACNA) using the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at 101 N El Monte Ave in Los Altos. Plan a visit to Saint Paul’s.

New sermons go up every week on the Saint Paul’s Anglican YouTube channel. Catch up on the September 2026 sermons, and look for a roundup like this one at the end of each month.