Diocese of Oxford

Sermons on John

Act together…say yes to God’s call

Gospel           John 6.25–35   Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John All     Glory to you, O Lord.   When the crowd found Jesus on the other side of the lake, they said to him, ‘Rabbi, when did you come here?’ Jesus answered them, ‘Very truly, I tell you, you are looking…

Godparent Sunday

Gospel Reading        John 15:9–17  Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John All     Glory to you, O Lord.   As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love.  If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and…

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…