Easter 6, 5 May 2024 Readings: Acts 10. 44-end; 1 Jn. 5. 1-6; Jn. 15. 9-17 Theme: The Inclusion of the Other One of the central themes of the western democratic world in recent times is that of inclusion. Whether this be including women at all levels of society and church, including people of colour...
Easter 5, 28 April Readings: Acts 8. 26-end; 1 Jn. 4. 7-end; Jn. 15. 1-8 Theme: The Grace of the Resurrection. Our passage from the Acts of the Apostles today continues the themes that we have been exploring over the Easter weeks. As I mentioned previously, all the movement of the Acts of the Apostles...
4th Sunday of Easter 21 April Readings: Acts 4. 5-12; 1 Jn. 3. 16-end; Jn. 10. 11-18 Theme: The Other Sheep As I mentioned on Easter Sunday, I would like to dedicate these seven weeks that the church allots to the season of Easter for considering the meaning of the Resurrection according to a different...
3rd Sunday of Easter 14th April Readings: Acts 3. 12-19; 1 Jn. 3. 1-7; Lk. 24. 36b-48 Theme: The Acts of the Apostles Over the next weeks until Pentecost, we will be reading the Acts of the Apostles as our first reading and so I thought that I would use this sermon to introduce this...
Easter Sunday March 31 2024 Readings: Is. 25. 6-9; Acts 10. 34-43; Jn. 20. 1-18 Theme: “The Resurrection is Revelation”: Αποκαλύπτω = (R=⨜ws Δa^2) (R= Revelation; ⨜= integral of; W= Word; S= Sacrament; Δ=Transformation; a^2=absence 1 x absence 2) A very happy Easter 2024 to you all. The feast of the Resurrection of the Lord,...
24 March Palm Sunday Opening Reading: Jn. 12. 12-16 Liturgy of the Word: Is. 50. 4-9a; Philippians 2. 5-11; Mk. 15. 1-39 40-end Theme: Palm Sunday Today marks the start of Holy Week. That time in the church’s year when we remember the passion, death and resurrection of the Lord. Palm Sunday is a pivotal...
Fifth Sunday of Lent 17 March 2024 Readings: Jer. 31. 31-34; Heb. 5. 5-10; Jn. 12. 20-33 Theme: The Priesthood of Christ Today we begin Passiontide. The time which prepares us to enter Holy Week, the celebration of the Passion and death of Our Lord. It is a most solemn time that we now enter...
Mothering Sunday 4th Sunday of Lent 10 March 2024 Readings: 1 Sam. 1. 20-28; Ps. 34. 11-20; John 19. 25b-27 Theme: Mary, Mother of God I can’t help but think of our dear parishioner Anne Gibbs, who died in November last year, when I hear our first reading today from 1 Samuel. This is the...
3rd Sunday of Lent 3 March Readings: Exod. 20. 1-17; 1 Cor. 1. 18-25; Jn. 2. 13-22 Theme: The Weakness of God When we profess our creed as the transitional point between the liturgy of the Word and the liturgy of the sacrament each week, we profess that, “We believe in one God, the Father,...
Sermon 2nd Lent 25 February Readings: Gen. 17. 1-7, 15-16; Rom. 4. 13-25; Mk. 8. 31-38 Theme: The Price of the New Covenant The idea of the “covenant” is central to the theology of the Old Testament. There is not one single account of the covenant but several, and this has led to a variety...
