These are notes, as the sermon was not fully written out. Funeral good friend. He had two sons. Refused to talk to each other’ Blessed with the best set of brothers and sister that anyone could wish for but even between us there have been moments…. Ever since Cain and Abel stories of fraternal conflicts […]
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Fr Oswin’s sermon, 20 March 2022
My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord. *************** Sometimes a biblical text doesn’t seem very encouraging for a preacher, or indeed for those who are hearing the sermon. The prophet Isaiah has God’s Word place an abyss between God and us, what we understand and do: as […]
Sermon by Dr Tony Carroll, 13 March 2022
War, Identity and Home If a certain tendency, in at least some parts of the world, to over self-confidence in our advanced state as modern human beings needed any puncturing, the events of the last weeks must surely have let a considerable amount of air out of these tyres. The images and reports from Ukraine […]
Fr Nicolas’ sermon 6 March 2022
Jesus Tempted in the Desert I start my sermon not in the Judean desert, but in a place well known to some of us: Hogwarts school and the world of Harry Potter. In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, a boy called Cedric Diggory is killed by Voldemort. Professor Dumbledore speaks about him to […]
Fr Crispin’s sermon, 27 February 2022
SERMON 27 FEBRUARY 2022 The Sunday next before Lent (Quinquagesima) In the early centuries of the Christian Church the best cosmologists were in Egypt. For that reason Christians relied on the Egyptian calculations to know on what Sunday the great Festival of Easter would occur in any particular year. The Patriarch of Egypt, such as […]
Fr John’s sermon, 20 February 2022
Fr John preached without notes, and so we regret there isn’t a text to post.
Fr Oswin’s sermon, 13 February 2022
“He came down with them and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people”. **************************** The level place: – life can be confusing at the best of times, and few would argue this is the best of times. How comforting it would be to have […]
Library Volunteer Needed!
The Community and College Library require a volunteer with skills in content creation for social media and the website. A love of libraries, storytelling and new technology is essential. You will be creating and gathering content in a variety of forms for social media posts including videos and online presentations to highlight our treasures; volunteers […]
Calling all book lovers!
The Library of the Community of the Resurrection is a wondrously diverse collection of books occupying rooms on each floor of the house. With over 60,000 volumes, it is vast, and we are privileged to house some volumes which can only be found in this Library in the UK. While its strength is in biblical, liturgical […]
Br Marc’s Sermon, 30 January 2022
Fourth Sunday of Epiphany: 30th January (HR) Readings: Ezek. 43: 27-44.4; Ps. 48; 1 Cor. 13; Lk. 2: 22-40. Simeons and Annas May it be given to me to speak in the name of the Son, to the glory of the Father, in the power of the Holy Spirit. AMEN Who are your Simeons and […]