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

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…

What happens when you stop looking up?

Gospel           John 17.1–11  Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John All    Glory to you, O Lord.      After Jesus had spoken these words, he looked up to heaven and said, ‘Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son so that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over…

We are called by name

Gospel            John 10.1–10  Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John All    Glory to you, O Lord.    Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs in by another way is a thief and a bandit. The one who enters by the gate is…

Come and see; Go and tell

Gospel                      Matthew 28.1–10 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew All    Glory to you, O Lord.   After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And suddenly there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the…

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…

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…

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…