Trinity Sunday Isaiah 40.12-17, 27-end, Matthew 26.16-end May I speak in the name… of the mystical Trinity; Father Son and Holy Spirit; Creator, Liberator, Sustainer; the one, the three, the many; the immanent – the economic; the divine dance; the crucified God; the endless relationship, the dance of atoms; quarks, protons, electrons; plants, planets angels, […]
John 17:1-11 + may I speak in the name of the one whose name cannot be contained by words… Theodoret of Cyrus (Cyrrhus in Syria), The Ecclesiastical History Book V, Chapter XXVI: Of Honorius the Emperor and Telemachus the monk. “Honorius, who inherited the empire of Europe, put a stop to the gladitorial combats […]
Thomas and Philip and the Way, the Truth and the Life Acts 7:55-end, John 14:1-14 Many years ago, when I was a student, there was a fashion for thinking about Jesus like this: ‘Is he mad, bad, or God?’ The question was meant to be a way of focussing your mind on the incredible […]
Today is Palm Sunday. It’s the day Jesus entered Jerusalem on a donkey surrounded by palm-waving crowds. Jesus probably intended it to be a symbolic act, a piece of performance drama. But what kind of statement was he making? And how does it fit with the rest of his ministry? Interestingly, not even Biblical Commentators […]
Easter 2 – John 20:19-29 It was late that Sunday evening. Two days after Good Friday. If the Friday of the crucifixion was Day 1, Day 2 was Saturday, and this was “on the third day” as we have just said in the creed. Jesus appears to the disciples. Today is the second Sunday in […]
Fr.Vincent’s sermon for Mothering Sunday…
+ in the name… “Good Morning Mr. Magpie!” “Excuse me I am not a Magpie…I am a Priest!” Well Fr.Vincent does give us some great titles to work with doesn’t he?! (searching for a clue?!) We all know the rhymes of the Magpie, ‘One for Sorrow, Two for joy, Three for a girl, Four […]
Lent 2 – John 31-17 Today’s gospel reading is one of the best known passages in the Bible, which presents a challenge for talking about it. But it is well know because it has so much in it, and is so significant. This is early on in John’s gospel. We have had Jesus’ baptism, […]
+ in the name… It’s been a weather-week. We’ve had Doris; she was a bit cross. It’s a bit flat and gloomy now. But earlier this week we had some of those days when the sun is shining and its warmth breaks through the crisp chill on our skin, we feel enlivened and encouraged. Slowly, […]
Vincent’s Sermon on the latest lifestyle trend from Denmark…