What are you preparing for? That might, especially at this stage of December, or, for those of use who are ordinands or teachers, seem like a painfully intrusive question! But if it is, it’s nonetheless one that is positively forced on us by the liturgy and readings of the day. On Friday evening I went […]
Sermons
Fr John’s Advent sermon
Fans of the novels of Robert Galbraith (alias JK Rowling) should recognise the cluster of stars known as Messier 54 as a major clue in one of the Cormoran Strike thrillers. It is a globular galaxy some 87,000 LY away (just down the road really. The clue is given to Strike by and Ian Brady […]
Fr George’s sermon, Christ the King
Whatever you might think about living under a monarchy, the British monarchy is very odd. We live in an age which is passionate about equality, equal opportunities, controls and checks on people’s performance in their jobs, a dislike of class difference and deference, and so on. We attempt with great commitment to apply these things […]
Fr Ben Gordon-Taylor’s sermon, 7 November
You might have seen the sketch in Morecambe and Wise in which they do their own version of ‘Singing in the Rain’. Ernie is enjoying himself playing the Gene Kelly role, singing and dancing (and we’re reminded how good those two were at both, having started in music hall), while Eric is a hapless police […]
Fr Crispin Sermon – 31 October 2021
The Fourth Sunday before Advent Deut 6.1-9 Mark 12.28-34 Preached by Fr Crispin Harrison CR The lesson which we heard at Mattins, is part of an ancient Jewish prayer that devout Jews recite daily. ‘Hear O Israel the Lord our God is One Lord.’ Jesus Christ recited it every day all […]
Bishop Mark’s sermon, College Foundation Day
One of the most popular television sagas of recent times – was Line of Duty. It provoked weekly speculation throughout the land as, week by week, the intriguing plot unfolded in twists and turns. The country developed a whole new set of sayings, expletives and abbreviations…. a whole glossary of new terms. You may remember […]
Fr Oswin’s Sermon, 24 October 2021
Mark today has brought us with Jesus’s entourage to the last staging post before Jerusalem, the last moment before the climax begins in the city of David and in centre of Jewish life, the Temple. This last staging post is the very ancient town of Jericho, city of springs and palms. From there it will […]
Fr John CR’s sermon, 17 October 2021
Words for the weekend ‘let us sit on your right and your left’ It was only two days ago that I saw ‘Jesus calling James and John’ painted by the anonymous Master of Louringha. I still don’t know where it is housed though I guess that it is in a church in Portugal. It was […]
Br Marc’s sermon – 3 October 2021
Gen. 2:18-24; Heb. 1:1-4; 2:5-12; Mark 10: 2-16 May I speak in the name of the Son, to the glory of the Father, in the power of the Holy Spirit. AMEN “And they become one flesh.” If this is not a place where tears are understood, Where do I go to cry? If this is […]
Fr Nicolas’ sermon, 29 August
Mark 7: 1ff – Pharisees Some years ago I was preaching Holy Week in a very Anglo-Catholic parish. The worship was magnificent – elaborate, colourful ritual combined with superb music. Every service seemed to take us somewhere near heaven; angels and archangels hovered just off stage. It was very easy to believe God was present; […]