Sermons
Fr David Babbington’s sermon, 10th March 2024
This is a first for me. While in the parish, I was never able to use the readings for the fourth Sunday of Lent. Instead, we always used the alternate readings set, those for Mothering Sunday. I had thought that that was a difficult subject to preach on in the middle of the Lenten season, […]
Fr George’s sermon, 3 March 2024
The cleansing of the temple A friend of mine lives in a small market town, and the first time I visited him, he took me to see the medieval parish church. It was quite a big church, and the whole nave was taken up with stalls selling everything from bricabrac and electronics to books and […]
Br Patrick’s Sermon, 7 January 2024
2024-01-07 (Baptism of Christ) (Gen. 1:1-5, Acts 19:1-7, Mark 1:4-11) This weekend must be confusing for any visitors from the East, by which I don’t mean any from as far east as where the Wise Men were from, but for those visitors from the Eastern Church, this weekend in the Western Church’s calendar must […]
Br Marc’s sermon, 24 December 2023
SERMON: ADVENT 4 YEAR B: (Christmas Eve) Readings: Ps. 89: 1-4, 19-26; Romans 16: 25-27; Lk. 1: 26-38 May I speak to you in the name of God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. AMEN The Mystery of the Incarnation “How can this be”? This is the question posed by Mary in today’s gospel, Luke’s narrative […]
Fr Charlie’s sermon, 17 December 2023
Who are you? In the name of the Father… What is the big deal with John the Baptist? Here we are at the business end of the season of Advent, diligently preparing ourselves for the coming of Christ, and yet, for the second Sunday in a row now, we find our attention directed not toward […]
The Revd Dorothee Bertschmann’s sermon, 10 December 2023
Mark 1.1-8 and 2 Peter 3.8-15a: Patient waiting Upper Church, Community of the Resurrection 2nd Advent Sunday, 10th of December 2023 The Revd Dorothea H. Bertschmann May I speak in the name of the living God who is Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen “But in accordance with his promise, we wait for new […]
Fr Oswin’s sermon, 3 December 2023
Advent 1 Year B Isaiah 64:1-9; 1 Corinthians 1: 3-9; Mark 13: 24 -37 “O that you would tear open the heavens and come down.” *********** Welcome to the Year of Mark, and we’re in with a bang. It is the Passover week and Jesus takes his seat on the Mount of Olives overlooking Jerusalem. […]
Fr Charlie’s sermon, 29 October 2023
“Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” In the name of the Father… How weary Jesus must have been of that word “greatest”. “Which commandment in the law is the greatest?” “Are you greater than our ancestor Jacob?” “The disciples disputed among themselves as to which one of them was the greatest.” Time […]
Br Patrick’s sermon, 22 October 2023
(1 Thess. 1:1-10, Matt 22:15-22) I had a dream – this week. Not at all like Dr Martin Luther King’s, or anything like Joseph’s in the Book of Genesis. I had looked at the readings for today earlier in the week, and then another day during my morning meditation, I’m afraid I nodded off. […]
Fr Nicolas’ sermon, 15 October 2023
“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 […]