Diocese of Oxford

Easter

The reality of the resurrection

Gospel            Luke 24.13–35 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke All    Glory to you, O Lord.   Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking…

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…

We are not an audience

Gospel Reading       John 14.8–17, 25–27.   Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John All     Glory to you, O Lord.   Philip said to him, ‘Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied.’  Jesus said to him, ‘Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not…

We turn to Christ

Gospel Reading       John 17.20–26 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John Glory to you, O Lord.      ‘I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and…

My peace I give unto you

Gospel Reading       John 14.23–29 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John Glory to you, O Lord.     Jesus said, ‘Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. Whoever does not love me does not…

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…

There can be so much more

Gospel Reading      Mark 5:35-43 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark Glory to you, O Lord.     While he was still speaking, some people came from the leader’s house to say, ‘Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the teacher any further?’    But overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the…

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…