Diocese of Oxford

Sermons on Luke (Page 5)

Who inspires you? Who can you inspire?

Gospel    Luke 2.22–40  Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke    22 When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23(as it is written in the law of the Lord, ‘Every firstborn male shall be designated as…

For we will remember them

Gospel        Luke 21.5–19 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke 5 When some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God, he said, 6‘As for these things that you see, the days will come when not one stone will be left upon another; all…

People of the resurrection

Gospel   Luke 20.27–38    Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke 27 Some Sadducees, those who say there is no resurrection, came to him 28and asked him a question, ‘Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife but no children, the man shall marry the widow and raise…

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…