Diocese of Oxford

Sermons on John (Page 2)

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…

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…