“Many are called but few are chosen.” Matthew 22: 14 The parable we have just heard is one of the oddest parables in the Gospel. You do not need to be very clever to see the problems. First, we have a king whom we naturally assume must represent God. But this king is not a […]
Sermons
Fr George’s sermon, 1 October 2023
Matthew 21.23-32 The Priests and elders who encounter Jesus in the temple can’t bring themselves to say John the Baptist is not from God. That’s because they are afraid of the crowd. They think he is clearly from God. Why does the crowd see things differently? The simple thing is that they get it. They […]
Fr George’s sermon, 20 August 2023
Syro-Phoenician woman – Trinity 11 2023 The story we have just heard would make a powerful scene in a film. Jesus has gone out of his home territory into an alien area. A woman appears and starts shouting, going on about her daughter. In the actual Greek of the gospel story, she shouts what we […]
Br Marc’s sermon, 13 August 2023
SERMON: Trinity 10: August 13th 2023 1 Kings 19: 9-18; Psalm 85: 8-13; Rom. 10: 5-15; Mt. 14: 22-33 Test the living waters of the faith “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.” (Mt. 14 28-9). May it be given to me to speak to you in the […]
Br Steven’s sermon, 6 August 2023
Feast of the Transfiguration 6th August 2023 Community Church of the Resurrection, Mirfield The Gospel: S. Matthew 17:1-9 In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. I wonder what our reaction would be if we were led by Jesus up to that high mountain along with […]
Br Patrick’s sermon, 30 July 2023
((Gen. 29:15-28), Rom. 8:26-39, Matt. 13:31-33, 44-52) It is perhaps not obvious if one has just heard the Gospel for today in church, but if one actually looks at the readings as set down in the lectionary, we have just had a selection of parables from the 13th chapter of Matthew’s Gospel, rather than […]
Fr Peter’s sermon, 23 July 2023
Wisdom 12.13,16-19; Romans 8.12-25; Matthew 13.24–30, 36–43 A good many years ago now I remember hearing the Jewish theologian Dan Cohn-Sherbok talk about Jewish apocalyptic. “Fundamentally,” he said, “it’s about evident justice where ‘the baddies get their come-uppance!’” And, on that score today’s parable hits all the spots. Let the good flourish, get rid […]
Fr Charlie’s sermon, 9 July 2023
Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart. In the name of the Father… About a month ago I received a video from my sister via my family’s WhatsApp group. It showed my two-year old niece Marlowe at a children’s party being driven about in a […]
Br Jakobus OSB’s sermon, Festival Day, 8 July 2023
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit – Amen.Dear brothers, dear sisters,John the Evangelist presents us today with difficult phrases and images“As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, let them also be in us.”“…and they shall be one, as we are one, I […]
Fr Oswin’s sermon, 2 July 2023
“A cup of cold water”. It sounds simple. And Jesus our Lord doubtless means it to be. “Whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple – truly I tell you, none of these will lose their reward.” In this Ember season we have […]