Diocese of Oxford

Lent

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…

There is a time for weeping

Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John All Glory to you, O Lord Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair; her brother Lazarus was…

The whole church must mother

Gospel             John 19.25–27 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John All    Glory to you, O Lord.   And that is what the soldiers did. Meanwhile, standing near the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother and…

The living water quenches all our thirst

John 4.5–15 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John All    Glory to you, O Lord.     So he came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired out by his journey, was sitting…

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…

Even now the stones cry out

Gospel Reading      Luke 19.28–40 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke Glory to you, O Lord.       After he had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. When he had come near Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples, saying,…

The love that gives…..

Gospel Reading      John 19.25–27  Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John Glory to you, O Lord.  And that is what the soldiers did. Meanwhile, standing near the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.   When Jesus saw his mother and…

Turn our lives around……together

First Reading        Isaiah 55.1–9 Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you that have no money, come, buy and eat!  Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.  Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labour for that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and…