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

Step in to the moment

Gospel                Matthew 3.13–end  Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew All    Glory to you, O Lord.   Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. John would have prevented him, saying, ‘I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?’ But Jesus…

Christmas: a recipe that God gives us.

Gospel              Luke 2.[1–7] 8–20 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke All    Glory to you, O Lord.   [In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. All went to their…

Come as you are. Come and see….

Gospel              John1.1–14    Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John All    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 him not one thing…

What did you come looking for today?

Gospel               Matthew 11.2–11 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew All    Glory to you, O Lord.   When John heard in prison what the Messiah was doing, he sent word by his disciples and said to him, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?’ Jesus…

Are you awake?

Gospel               Matthew 24.36–44  Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew All    Glory to you, O Lord.   ‘But about that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. For as the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the…

To God we are all known

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

Don’t lose heart….

Gospel           Luke 18.1–8  Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke All     Glory to you, O Lord.    Jesus told the disciples a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. He said, ‘In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect…

Act together…say yes to God’s call

Gospel           John 6.25–35   Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John All     Glory to you, O Lord.   When the crowd found Jesus on the other side of the lake, they said to him, ‘Rabbi, when did you come here?’ Jesus answered them, ‘Very truly, I tell you, you are looking…

Truth can burn….before it heals

Please ‘click’ here to download the set of questions referred to in Andrea’s sermon. Gospel Reading         Luke 12.49–56  Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke All     Glory to you, O Lord.    ‘I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!  I have a baptism…