Diocese of Oxford

Sermons by Rev'd Andrea Colbrook (Page 2)

Listen for God’s whispers

Gospel       Matthew 14.22–33 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew All        Glory to you, O Lord.     Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up the mountain by himself to…

Small acts lead to significant impact

Gospel       Matthew 13.31–33,44–52 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew All          Glory to you, O Lord.     He put before them another parable: ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field; it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it…

The sower of your Word in our hearts

Gospel       Matthew 13.1–9,18–23 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew All        Glory to you, O Lord.     That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the lake. Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach. And…

The one who serves

Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke. All           Glory to you, O Lord.  A dispute also arose among them as to which one of them was to be regarded as the greatest. But he said to them, ‘The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those in authority over them are…

He is Risen! He is Risen indeed.

Gospel    John 20.1–18  Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John    Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. 2So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple,…

The women heroes

First Reading          Exodus 2: 1-10 Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a Levite woman. The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was a fine baby, she hid him for three months. When she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him,…

Cast aside your daytime identity

Gospel       John 3.1–17. Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John Glory to you, O Lord. 3Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. 2He came to Jesus by night and said to him, ‘Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no…

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…

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…

How will we choose to listen?

Matthew 2:13-23 13 When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.” 14 So he got up, took the…