Diocese of Oxford

 

 

He walks with us in the darkness

Gospel    Matthew 3.13–17 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew 13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. 14John would have prevented him, saying, ‘I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?’ 15But Jesus answered him, ‘Let it be so now;…

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…

We’re getting closer…..

Matthew 1.18–25  Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew      18 Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. 19Her husband Joseph, being a…

The light of Christ is all around us

Matthew 11.2–11 2 When John heard in prison what the Messiah was doing, he sent word by his disciples 3and said to him, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?’ 4Jesus answered them, ‘Go and tell John what you hear and see: 5the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the…

Bear fruit worthy of repentance

Gospel    Matthew 3.1–12     Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew In those days John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea, proclaiming, 2‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.’3This is the one of whom the prophet Isaiah spoke when he said, ‘The voice of one crying out in…

Come let us walk in the light of the Lord

Gospel        Matthew 24.15–28  Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew 15 ‘So when you see the desolating sacrilege standing in the holy place, as was spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand), 16then those in Judea must flee to the mountains; 17someone on the housetop must not go down to…

Loving our neighbours as ourselves

Gospel        Mark 12:28-31 (NLV)  Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is…

For we will remember them

Gospel        Luke 21.5–19 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke 5 When some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God, he said, 6‘As for these things that you see, the days will come when not one stone will be left upon another; all…

People of the resurrection

Gospel   Luke 20.27–38    Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke 27 Some Sadducees, those who say there is no resurrection, came to him 28and asked him a question, ‘Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife but no children, the man shall marry the widow and raise…