Diocese of Oxford

Sermons by Rev'd Andrea Colbrook

A New Year; A New Start

Gospel Reading      Matthew 2.1–12 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew Glory to you, O Lord. In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, ‘Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For…

It’s more than a quaint story!

Gospel Reading     John 1.1–14   Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John Glory to you, O Lord.   In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  He was in the beginning with God.  All things came into being through him, and without…

Listen: Be Brave. Be extraordinary

Gospel Reading     Luke 1.39 –  55   Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke Glory to you, O Lord.   In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.  When Elizabeth heard…

A moment of silence beyond words

Gospel Reading    Mark 1.14–20 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark Glory to you, O Lord. Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news.’ As Jesus…

What can we do next?

Gospel                    Matthew 6.25–33 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew ‘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? Look at the birds…

Reach out in love

Gospel                     Mark 9.38–50 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark John said to him, ‘Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us.’ But Jesus said, ‘Do not stop him; for no one who does a deed of power in…

Journeys through education : Education Sunday

Gospel                     Mark 7.1–8, 14, 15, 21–23 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark Now when the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around him, they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with defiled hands, that is, without washing them. (For the Pharisees, and all the…

Baptism – our RSVP

Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John All        Glory to you O Lord    I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live for ever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.’ The Jews then…

When life gives you lemons…..there is hope

First Reading           1 Kings 19.4–8 But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a solitary broom tree. He asked that he might die: ‘It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my ancestors.’ Then he lay down under the broom tree…