Trinity 8 Readings: 1 Kings 3. 5-12; Romans 8. 26-end; Matthew 13. 31-33, 44-52 Theme: What’s it all about? What’s the point of it? The question of the meaning of life has become a central one in modern times. In previous ages, life was viewed less as a project and more as a given,...
Trinity 7 Isaiah 44. 6-8; Romans 8. 12-25; Matthew 13. 24-30, 36-43 Theme: The Creation Waits with Eager Longing One of our fundamental beliefs about God as Christians is that God is the creator. ‘All things visible and invisible, or seen and unseen’, are created by God, as is stated in the creed. This...
Trinity 6 Readings: Isaiah 55. 10-13; Romans 8. 1-11; Matthew 13. 1-9, 18-23 Theme: The Word of God When we say, “the Word of God”, what do we mean? Our readings for today invite us to reflect on the answer to this question and to consider how this Word of God is transforming us....
Trinity 5 Readings: Zechariah 9. 9-12; Rms. 7. 15-25a; Mt. 11. 16-19, 25-end Theme The Good, the Bad and the true Self St Paul’s Letter to the Romans, written around 57-58 AD, probably in Corinth, Greece, is one of the earliest statements of just how it is that Christ saves us. It is, in...
4th Sunday after Trinity Readings: Jer. 28. 5-9; Rms. 6. 12-end; Matt. 10. 40-end. Theme Giving What and why should I give? This is a question which can be difficult to raise in a church context for several reasons. Firstly, what we give in the collection or through direct debit is a private matter. Each...
Trinity 3 Readings: Jer. 20. 7-13; Rms. 6. 1b-11; Mt. 10. 24-39 Theme: Conflict Our readings for today speak about what happens when we follow the Lord. In a word, ‘conflict’ happens. ‘Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a...
Trinity 2 Ex. 19. 2-8a; Ps. 100; Rms. 5. 1-8; Mt. 9.35-10.8 Theme: ‘Out and About’ Our readings for today speak to us about what it means to be ‘Out and About’ with Jesus. Obviously, for the Israelites, they did not know Jesus as we do after his life on earth, but what they...
Trinity 1: Hos. 5. 15-6. 6; Rms. 4. 13-end; Mt. 9. 9-13; 18-26 Theme: True Conversion One of the great things to do in Rome is to go around the churches. There are so many with such beautiful art and architecture that you could literally spend a life time doing this and not finish...
Listen to Him! [RCL] Exodus 34:29-35; Psalm 99 or 99:5-9; 2 Peter 1:13-21; Luke 9:28-36 [God] spoke to them out of the pillar of cloud; they kept his testimonies and the decree that he gave them. O LORD our God, you answered them indeed (Psalm 99). Amen. The setting of today’s reading from Luke, the Transfiguration, is...
Trinity Sunday Is. 40. 12-17, 27-end; 2 Cor. 13. 11-end; Mt. 28. 16-end At the end of the season of Easter, the church presents us with the culmination of the of the mystery of our creation, salvation, and sanctification, namely, the revelation that God is Father, Son and Holy Spirit: a Trinity of three...
