Diocese of Oxford

Sunday Morning (Page 12)

Sow the seeds

Gospel    John 20. 19–31  Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John    19 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 stood among them and said, ‘Peace…

He is Risen! He is Risen indeed.

Gospel    John 20.1–18  Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John    Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. 2So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple,…

The greatest Servant King

Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew 1When they had come near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, 2saying to them, ‘Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her; untie them and…

Death is not the end of life

Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John Glory to you, O Lord. 17 When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. 18Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, some two miles away, 19and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them about their…

The women heroes

First Reading          Exodus 2: 1-10 Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a Levite woman. The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was a fine baby, she hid him for three months. When she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him,…

Who are you?

Gospel      John 4: 5-42 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John  5So he came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired out by his journey, was sitting by the well. It was about…

Cast aside your daytime identity

Gospel       John 3.1–17. Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John Glory to you, O Lord. 3Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. 2He came to Jesus by night and said to him, ‘Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no…

Why can’t we be good?

Gospel       Matthew 4.1–11 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew       4Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2He fasted for forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. 3The tempter came and said to him, ‘If you are the Son of…

This is our defining moment: the fragrance of Christ

Gospel       Matthew 17.1–9  Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew    17Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. 2And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white. 3Suddenly…

Seek the kingdom of God above all else

Gospel       Matthew 6.25–34 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew      25 ‘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 life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26Look at the…