Then Jesus told them a parable… In the name of the Father… Isn’t it nice when the Evangelists tell us what Jesus’s parables are about before we’ve even had a chance to read them? “Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart.” Well, there we are […]
Sermons
Fr Thomas’s sermon, 2 October 2022
Luke 17:5 5The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” 6The Lord replied, “If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you. One of the delights of Luke’s gospel – no other gospel has […]
Fr George’s sermon, 25 Sept 2022
Dives & Lazarus When I left university, just turned 22, I got a teaching job in Italy. It was poorly paid – I earned the equivalent of £53 a month, and of that £21 went in rent. That left me a little less than £8 a week to live on. And I was running a […]
Fr Crispin’s Sermon, 11 September 2022
TRINITY 13 Jer 4.11-12, 22-28 1 Tim 1.12-17 Lk 15,1-10 During the coronation of Queen Elizabeth she was presented with a Bible by the moderator of the Church of Scotland. At many of the Christmas Day messages the Queen has said the life and teaching of Jesus is the foundation of her life. We pray […]
Fr Nicolas’ Sermon, 21 August 2022
Luke 13: 10-17 Healing “…the entire crowd was rejoicing at all the wonderful things being done by him.” I can imagine it, or I can imagine it in an African context. We can imagine the woman crying out with joy when she found she could stand up straight; maybe dancing a few steps. We can […]
Fr Oswin’s sermon, 14 August 2022
“I came to bring fire to the earth.” This is unlikely to be the good news from Jesus we most want to hear this morning. Fire destroys. And our first thoughts easily turn to our vulnerability. One piece of news this week has been that a house-end mural in London depicting the fires of Armageddon […]
Fr Nicolas Sermon, 31 July 2022
THE RICH FARMER. Luke 12: 13 – 21 My first reading of the story we have just heard made me feel rather smug. Here is a character it is easy to dislike – a rich, self-indulgent farmer. He has had fantastic crops. This is probably because he owns a lot of slaves, who have to […]
Br Marc, Sermon for Trinity, 10 July 2022
The Moving Insight of Mercy “But a Samaritan while travelling came near him; and when he saw him, he was moved with pity.” (Lk. 10:33) May it be given to me to speak to you in the name of God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. AMEN At lunch the other day, we began a foray […]
Sermon by Fr Tony Carroll at the CR Festival, 9 July 2022
The internet cut out before Fr Tony started – we’re sorry to those who missed it, but here it is. Festival Day Community of the Resurrection “Here am I, send me”. These words of the prophet Isaiah are echoed in our gospel by the admonition to acknowledge Jesus before others as a true disciple is […]
Br Philip’s sermon, 19 June 2022
Trinity 1 2022 Proper 7 Year C Luke 8 :26-39 May the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be now and always acceptable in your sight : O Lord our strength and our redeemer. Amen. Who then is this, that he commands the winds and the water, and they obey […]