Diocese of Oxford

Sermons on Matthew

New life; a miracle in front of our eyes

Gospel            Matthew 28.1–10  Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew All    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…

Come and see; Go and tell

Gospel                      Matthew 28.1–10 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew All    Glory to you, O Lord.   After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And suddenly there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the…

Do not just watch but walk alongside Jesus

Gospel                      Matthew 21.1–11 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew All    Glory to you, O Lord.   When they had come near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, ‘Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately you will find a…

We are signposts to the destination

Reading          Matthew 3 – NIV  In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for…

In your wilderness: put your trust in God

Gospel               Matthew 4.1–11 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew All    Glory to you, O Lord.   Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. The tempter came and said…

See clearly through the clouds

Gospel                 Matthew 17.1–9 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew All    Glory to you, O Lord.   Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the…

Trust opens us up

Gospel                 Matthew 6.25–34  Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew All    Glory to you, O Lord.   Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not…

Unity: walk in the same direction

Gospel                 Matthew 4.12–23 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew All    Glory to you, O Lord.   Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the lake, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, so that what had…

Step in to the moment

Gospel                Matthew 3.13–end  Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew All    Glory to you, O Lord.   Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. John would have prevented him, saying, ‘I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?’ But Jesus…

What did you come looking for today?

Gospel               Matthew 11.2–11 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew All    Glory to you, O Lord.   When John heard in prison what the Messiah was doing, he sent word by his disciples and said to him, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?’ Jesus…