Diocese of Oxford

 

 

Hear the voice of Mary Magdalene

Gospel Reading      John 20.1–18 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John              Glory to you, O Lord.      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. So she ran and…

Even now the stones cry out

Gospel Reading      Luke 19.28–40 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke Glory to you, O Lord.       After he had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. When he had come near Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples, saying,…

The love that gives…..

Gospel Reading      John 19.25–27  Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John Glory to you, O Lord.  And that is what the soldiers did. Meanwhile, standing near the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.   When Jesus saw his mother and…

Turn our lives around……together

First Reading        Isaiah 55.1–9 Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you that have no money, come, buy and eat!  Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.  Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labour for that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and…

A day to be encouraged

Gospel Reading      Matthew 7:24-27: Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew Glory to you, O Lord.  “Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds…

His power is in love

What a week! We meet for worship this morning as European leaders are meeting in London to address the existential crisis of our time.  There is reason to be afraid. Yet against the blizzard of news reports that we have witnessed this week it is reassuring to recall Andrea’s sermon last Sunday reminding us that…

God is on the throne

Gospel Reading      Luke 8.22–25      Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke Glory to you, O Lord.  One day he got into a boat with his disciples, and he said to them, ‘Let us go across to the other side of the lake.’ So they put out, and while they were sailing…

Don’t focus on the negative

Gospel Reading      Luke 6.17–26  Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke Glory to you, O Lord. He came down with them and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea, Jerusalem, and the coast of Tyre and Sidon.…

Fish the depths…….and catch people

Gospel Reading      Luke 5.1–11   Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke Glory to you, O Lord. While Jesus was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he saw two boats there at the shore of the lake; the fishermen…