Today we enter the two weeks of Passiontide when we reflect on the suffering of Jesus for our salvation. The Triduum is too short to give proper attention to all that Jesus experienced so it’s good to give time to ponder each day in Passiontide all the suffering Jesus endured from his agony in Gethsemane […]
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Companions Newsletter – March 2020
From To a Mouse by Robert Burns But Mousie, thou are no thy-lane, In proving foresight may be vain: The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men, Gang aft agley, […]
Lent 2 – Dubai
There is a game a preacher can play with the readings set for any Sunday – that is to see how they can be related to each other. Sometimes it is an easy task. Other times it requires more ingenuity. Today’s readings seem to revolve around Paul’s insistence in Romans that we are justified by […]
Companions Letter February 2020
Dear All, Thank you for the many cheering comments about my Sheffield run. My brother and in-laws came over for the weekend and he and I ran in the British Masters’ Athletic s Grand Prix in the wonderful EIS indoor stadium in Sheffield. We both did rather well in our age groups (me, because I […]
You are the light of the world
“You are the light of the world.” “No, Lord – You are the Light of the World. Look. Come along to Keble College Chapel and see – Holman Hunt has shown you as the Light of the World.” Besides, being the Light of the World sounds really difficult. Today’s readings all touch on this: […]
News from Fr Thomas
The week has been very windy and sadly there has yet to be a nice bright freeze. I do not wontedly remark on weather but one of our much loved trees has hit the dust, or rather the sponge of a back bit of grass. The fallen is a lovely rowan tree which has been […]
Companions Letter January 2020
Dear Friends and Companions, My last letter to you was in October and I said that I was enjoying a calm period after a long and very busy albeit enjoyable year. Well Christmas changed all that I have been kept very busy because the Community has been busy. I conducted the pre-Advent Clergy Retreat called […]
My eyes have seen your salvation….
My eyes have seen your salvation…. to lighten the Gentiles and and for glory to your people Israel Simeon looks forward to the coming of the Messiah to restore Israel to favour with God (“the consolation of Israel”, v. 25). The Spirit has told him that he will see the Christ before he dies (v. […]
Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice
The Presentation of Christ in the Temple: 2nd February 2020 SERMON: Cowcliffe, St. Hilda: Mal. 3: 1-5 Luke 2: 22-40; Heb. 2: 14-end May I speak in the name of the living God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. AMEN May I be the last to wish you all a very happy Christmas, and take now […]
Sermon – Epiphany 2
YEAR A, LECTIONARY P:33. ISAIAH 49:1-7. PSALM 40: 1-12. I COR 1:1-9. JOHN 1:29-42 We’re hoping that someone is writing a booklet on THE LAMB OF GOD, because this image is so central to our Community of the Resurrection that it is CR’s, and the College’s, badge, on our belts and blazers, and worn by […]