Diocese of Oxford

Sermons on Mark

The seasons of life

Gospel                    Mark 10.2–16 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark Some Pharisees came, and to test him they asked, ‘Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?’ He answered them, ‘What did Moses command you?’ They said, ‘Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce…

Reach out in love

Gospel                     Mark 9.38–50 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark John said to him, ‘Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us.’ But Jesus said, ‘Do not stop him; for no one who does a deed of power in…

What are we arguing about?

Gospel                     Mark 9.30–37 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark They went on from there and passed through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know it; for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, ‘The Son of Man is to be betrayed into human hands, and they will kill him,…

What would you have been thinking?

Gospel                     Mark 8.27–38 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, ‘Who do people say that I am?’ And they answered him, ‘John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, one of…

Live a life of faithfulness

Gospel                     Mark 7.24–37 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark From there he set out and went away to the region of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know he was there. Yet he could not escape notice, but a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit…

Journeys through education : Education Sunday

Gospel                     Mark 7.1–8, 14, 15, 21–23 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark Now when the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around him, they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with defiled hands, that is, without washing them. (For the Pharisees, and all the…

Time to rest

Gospel            Mark 6. 30–34, 53–56 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark All        Glory to you O Lord    The apostles gathered around Jesus, and told him all that they had done and taught. He said to them, ‘Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.’ For many…

God isn’t just in “God’s Lane”

Gospel            Mark 6.1–13 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark All        Glory to you O Lord    He left that place and came to his home town, and his disciples followed him. On the sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astounded. They said, ‘Where did…

What is our faith in these turbulent times?

Gospel               Mark 4.35–41 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, ‘Let us go across to the other side.’ And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. A great…