Sermons

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 […]

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.” “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: […]

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 […]

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…. 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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Logos that the Father has spoken Jn. 1- [1-9] 10-18; Eph. 1-3-14; Ecclus. 24: 1-12 May it be given to me to speak in the name of God, Father Son and Holy Spirit. AMEN What we read is a fascinating aspect of CR’s diversity, and it comes into focus nowhere better than in suppers […]

 Isa 2.1-5,  Rom 13.11-end,  Mt 24.36-44  Today is Advent Sunday.  The word ‘Advent’ is derived from a Latin word, which is a translation of a Greek word ‘Parousia’.  It can just mean ‘coming’ used to refer to any person’s coming but it can also have a  special meaning to refer to the coming of a royal or official personage, especially the Roman […]