Diocese of Oxford

Sunday Morning (Page 13)

Scatter a little salt

Gospel    Matthew 5.13–20 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew 13 ‘You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled under foot. 14 ‘You are the light of the…

Who inspires you? Who can you inspire?

Gospel    Luke 2.22–40  Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke    22 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 23(as it is written in the law of the Lord, ‘Every firstborn male shall be designated as…

Which call?

Gospel    Matthew 4.12–23 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew 12 Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. 13He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the lake, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, 14so that what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah might…

Come and see – part 1

Gospel    John 1.29–42 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John  29 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! 30This is he of whom I said, “After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me…

He walks with us in the darkness

Gospel    Matthew 3.13–17 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew 13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. 14John would have prevented him, saying, ‘I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?’ 15But Jesus answered him, ‘Let it be so now;…

Loving our neighbours as ourselves

Gospel        Mark 12:28-31 (NLV)  Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is…

For we will remember them

Gospel        Luke 21.5–19 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke 5 When some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God, he said, 6‘As for these things that you see, the days will come when not one stone will be left upon another; all…

People of the resurrection

Gospel   Luke 20.27–38    Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke 27 Some Sadducees, those who say there is no resurrection, came to him 28and asked him a question, ‘Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife but no children, the man shall marry the widow and raise…

Why do I pray?

Gospel    Luke 18.1–8    Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke 1Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. 2He said, ‘In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people. 3In that city there was a widow…