Diocese of Oxford

Sermons by Rev'd Andrea Colbrook

Andrea was inducted as Rector of the parish on 4th July 2022
The Rectory,
6 Standlake Road,
Ducklington.
Oxfordshire  OX29 7XG

Please note that Parish days are Sunday, Monday and Thursday

Let His light shine through us

Gospel Reading        Matthew 22.15–22 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew  All    Glory to you, O Lord.     Then the Pharisees went and plotted to entrap Jesus in what he said. So they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, ‘Teacher, we know that you are sincere, and teach…

What are we thankful for?

Gospel Reading        Luke 17.11–19 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke  All    Glory to you, O Lord.     On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered a village, ten lepers approached him. Keeping their distance, they called out, saying, ‘Jesus, Master, have…

We cannot simply talk the talk

Gospel               Matthew 21.23–32 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew  All    Glory to you, O Lord.       When he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, ‘By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave…

Turning and tuning back in

Gospel Matthew 16.21–end Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew All Glory to you, O Lord. From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering at the hands of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and…

God knows the whole story

Gospel                    Matthew 13.24–30, 36–43 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew    All    Glory to you, O Lord.   Jesus put before his disciples another parable: ‘The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field; but while…

In every ordinary day let God shape you

Gospel                           Matthew 10.40–end     Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew    All    Glory to you, O Lord.   ‘Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. Whoever welcomes a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward; and whoever welcomes a righteous…

Trinity Sunday: what does it mean for you?

View the slides referred to here: Gospel           Matthew 28.16–20 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew    All    Glory to you, O Lord.     Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. When they saw him, they worshipped him; but some doubted. And Jesus came and…

Pentecost: the undoing of division

Gospel           John 20.19–23 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John       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…