Diocese of Oxford

Sermons on John

A Father’s Love

Gospel Reading       John 16.12–15  Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John All     Glory to you, O Lord.    ‘I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.   When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak…

We are not an audience

Gospel Reading       John 14.8–17, 25–27.   Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John All     Glory to you, O Lord.   Philip said to him, ‘Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied.’  Jesus said to him, ‘Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not…

We turn to Christ

Gospel Reading       John 17.20–26 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John Glory to you, O Lord.      ‘I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and…

My peace I give unto you

Gospel Reading       John 14.23–29 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John Glory to you, O Lord.     Jesus said, ‘Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. Whoever does not love me does not…

Step forward in hope and optimism

Gospel Reading      John 13.31–35 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John Glory to you, O Lord.      When he had gone out, Jesus said, ‘Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him.  If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him…

Do you love me?

Gospel Reading      John 21.1–19   Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John Glory to you, O Lord.        After these things Jesus showed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias; and he showed himself in this way.  Gathered there together were Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin,…

The agony, and assurance, of faith

Gospel Reading      John 20.19–31 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John Glory to you, O Lord.       When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and…

Hear the voice of Mary Magdalene

Gospel Reading      John 20.1–18 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John              Glory to you, O Lord.      Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So she ran and…

The love that gives…..

Gospel Reading      John 19.25–27  Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John Glory to you, O Lord.  And that is what the soldiers did. Meanwhile, standing near the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.   When Jesus saw his mother and…

De-Code the Gospel: especially the third day

Gospel Reading      John 2.1–11   Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John Glory to you, O Lord.   On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.  Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.  When the wine…