+ ‘Guard the good treasure given to you with the help of the Holy Spirit living in us’ It’s unusual for a priest to preach at the start of his […]
Sermons
‘Love at the heart of the Church’: a sermon for the priestly ordination of Claire Nicholson
+ ‘You did not choose me but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit… I am giving you these commands that you may love […]
The Cross and the Crown: A Sermon for Holy Cross Day 2022
+ ‘we proclaim Christ crucified’ Today we celebrate our patronal feast, Holy Cross Day, and, like many clergy today, I am glad I didn’t write my sermon early in the […]
‘No Mary, No Jesus’: a sermon for the Assumption, 2022
+ ‘Behold, from henceforth, all generations will call me blessed’. If you want to know why we are celebrating Mary today, you can see it in this one liner from […]
‘Mary has chosen the better part’: a sermon for Pentecost 6, 2022
+ ‘Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her’ In our very short gospel reading Jesus and his disciples are on their way to […]
Freedom in Christ : a sermon for Pentecost 3 2022
+ ‘For freedom Christ has set us free’ This is the text from Galatians on the Holy Cross ‘welcome statement’ which Vestry has adopted and is on the back of […]
