Diocese of Oxford

Sermons by Rev'd Mary Carney

Live a life of faithfulness

Gospel                     Mark 7.24–37 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark From there he set out and went away to the region of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know he was there. Yet he could not escape notice, but a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit…

Lift up your eyes and see

Gospel           John 6: 1-21 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John All        Glory to you O Lord    After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also called the Sea of Tiberias.  A large crowd kept following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing for…

Can we be a ladder?

Gospel               John 17.6–19 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John ‘I have made your name known to those whom you gave me from the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. Now they know that everything you have given me is from you; for…

Are you a hero…or a wimp?

Gospel        Mark 8: 31- end Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark All        Glory to you O Lord    Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three…

They also serve; who only stand and wait

Gospel        Luke 2: 22-40 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke All        Glory to you O Lord    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 (as it is written in the law of the Lord,…

I was a stranger and you welcomed me ….

Gospel        Matthew 25.31–46  Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew All        Glory to you O Lord        ‘When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.  All the nations will be gathered before him, and he…

Help to build the kingdom of God

Gospel        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 mercy on us!’ When he saw…

Inspire us to serve You and one another

Gospel       Luke 22.24–30 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke All        Glory to you, O Lord.        24 A dispute also arose among them as to which one of them was to be regarded as the greatest. 25But he said to them, ‘The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those in authority…

With Jesus beside you, you will never walk alone

Gospel       Matthew 10: 24-39 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew All             Glory to you, O Lord.     ‘A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a slave above the master; it is enough for the disciple to be like the teacher, and the slave like the master. If they have called the master…

The unseen companion on the road with us

Gospel    Luke 24.13–35 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke 13 Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, 14and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. 15While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near and…