Homily for St Bartholomew’s, Ducklington, Evening Communion, 1st February 2026 Candlemas Luke 2:22-40; Psalm 24:7-10 The presentation of Jesus in the Temple always makes me think a bit of going to register a child’s birth now – it’s something you have to do within a certain time to fulfil the law, but there’s also…
Andrea was joined by Maurice, Mary and Sue (Simeon, Anna and Mary) Gospel Luke 2.22–40 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke All Glory to you, O Lord. When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him…
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…
Gospel John 1.29–42 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John All Glory to you, O Lord. The next day he saw Jesus coming towards him and declared, ‘Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! This is he of whom I said, “After me comes…
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…
Gospel Reading Luke 4.14–21 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John Glory to you, O Lord. Then Jesus, filled with the power of the Spirit, returned to Galilee, and a report about him spread through all the surrounding country. He began to teach in their synagogues and was praised by everyone.…
Gospel Reading John 2.1–11 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John Glory to you, O Lord. On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine…
Gospel Reading Luke 3.15–17, 21, 22 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke Glory to you, O Lord. As the people were filled with expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Messiah, John answered all of them by saying, ‘I baptize…
Gospel Reading Matthew 2.1–12 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew Glory to you, O Lord. In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, ‘Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For…
Gospel Luke 2: 22-40 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke All Glory to you O Lord 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 (as it is written in the law of the Lord,…