Diocese of Oxford

Sermons on John

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…

It’s more than a quaint story!

Gospel Reading     John 1.1–14   Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John Glory to you, O Lord.   In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  He was in the beginning with God.  All things came into being through him, and without…

Set apart: the saints in our life

Gospel Reading    John 11.32–44 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John Glory to you, O Lord. When Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she knelt at his feet and said to him, ‘Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.’When Jesus saw her weeping, and…

The bread of life – the ultimate satisfaction

Gospel           John 6.56-69   Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John All        Glory to you O Lord     Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me will…

Baptism – our RSVP

Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John All        Glory to you O Lord    I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live for ever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.’ The Jews then…

One new, united, humanity

Gospel           John 6.24–35 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John All        Glory to you O Lord    So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum looking for Jesus. When they found him on the other side of…

Lift up your eyes and see

Gospel           John 6: 1-21 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John All        Glory to you O Lord    After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also called the Sea of Tiberias.  A large crowd kept following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing for…

I am the way

Gospel            John 14:1-6 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John  ‘Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling-places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I…