Diocese of Oxford

Sermons on Luke (Page 2)

Why do I pray?

Gospel    Luke 18.1–8    Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke 1Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. 2He said, ‘In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people. 3In that city there was a widow…

Let this place be overflowing with compassion!

Gospel        Luke 16.19–31  Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke  19 ‘There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. 20And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, 21who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the…

To be a pilgrim

Gospel      Luke 14.25–33 25 Now large crowds were travelling with him; and he turned and said to them,26‘Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple. 27Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. 28For which…